Chimú Spondylus Shell and Green Stone Necklace shipwreck The head is sculpted in

The head is sculpted in the classic Songye style

In West Africa

creating a balanced and harmonious form

and elite status symbolism

Bronzes of Luristan

Chimú Spondylus Shell and Green Stone Necklace shipwreck The head is sculpted inPre Columbian era, Chim culture, c. 800 1470AD, Moche Valley, Trujillo, Peru. Outstanding and very beautiful long necklace constructed with hundreds of beads carved from spondylus shell, green stone and turquoise. These ancient disc shaped beads (known as chaquiras), strung on cotton cord in modern times, have beautiful variations of color ranging from salmon, black, beige and violet to intense dark green, was originally part of elaborate pectoral,