
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Beaded Necklace with Bar Pendant
Nicoya · 300–700 CE
Provenance
Ownership history
- Enrique Vargas, San José, Costa Rica, by 1968 or 1970 [according to correspondnece from A. McNear, Oct. 16, 1986, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Everett (1904–1984) and Ann (died 1994) McNear, Chicago, 1968 or 1970; 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.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 257, cat. 201 (ill.).
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