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underscoring the spiritual and cultural significance of textiles within their society
By around 4100 BC
Age-related wear with nicks and scratches on surface
Carl Hoffman
Chimú Spondylus Shell Necklace and Shell archaeology underscoring the spiritual and culturalPre Columbian era, Chim culture, c. 800 1470AD, Moche Valley, Trujillo, Peru. Wonderful long necklace constructed with hundreds of petite seed beads carved from spondylus shell fragments. These ancient disc shaped beads (known as chaquiras), temporarily strung on cotton cord, have beautiful variations of color ranging from salmon, violet and coral to intense orange, was originally part of elaborate pectoral, and worn as a type of necklace covering the