The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 22, 2021

Necklace

before 1532

Peru

Pink quartz, amethyst, gold and turquoise

Overall: 83.8 cm (33 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1940.501

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

These ancient beads were restrung in modern times.

Provenance
?-1940
Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1940, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1940
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition history

Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1940.501