Beaded Necklace with Three Celt Pendants

A.D. 300/700

Nicoya
Nicoya, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

Status: On View, Gallery 136
Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Nicoya
Title: Beaded Necklace with Three Celt Pendants
Place: Costa Rica (Object made in)
Date: 300 CE–700 CE
Medium: Jade with metal
Dimensions: H.: 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Everett McNear in memory of Everett McNear
Reference Number: 1986.1086
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Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Press, 2016), 257, cat. 201 (ill.).

Enrique Vargas, San José, Costa Rica, by 1958 or 1960 [according to correspondence from A. McNear, Oct. 16, 1986, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Everett (1904–1984) and Ann (died 1994) McNear, Chicago, 1958 or 1960; by descent to Ann McNear, Chicago, 1984 [Incoming receipt RX16234, Oct. 15, 1986, copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

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