Breastplate Necklace
Breastplate Necklace
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (19.7 × 31.8 cm)
MediumCut clam shell, glass beads, fiber
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number
2025.60
Not on View
DescriptionA beaded necklace with eight long 'pendants' made from clam shell
suspended from the necklace
19th century
mid to late 19th century
about 1900
25th–31st Dynasties (747–332 BCE)
late 20th century
mid 18th century
18th Century
19th century
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