Bead
Bead

Currently not on view

Bead,

1000 BCE–1000 CE

Costa Rican
Period IV or Period V
2016-255

Information

Title
Bead
Dates

1000 BCE–1000 CE

Medium
Stone
Dimensions
4.3 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm (1 11/16 × 7/8 × 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund and Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Fund
Object Number
2016-255
Place Made

North America, Costa Rica

Culture
Costa Rican
Period
Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Type
jades, beads
Materials
stone

By 1958, Supreme Court Magistrate Maximo Acosta Soto, San José, Costa Rica [1]; 1959, sold to Haig Kurdian, Wichita, KS [2]; 2016, sold to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] According to correspondence and related documentation in the curatorial file, this object was examined in the summer of 1958 by Kurdian. It was one of a large group of jades, many of which are also in the Princeton University Art Museum collection.

[2] Kurdian acquired this object, included in a group of other jades, following its registration with the National Museum, San José, and the procurement of an official export license, since lost. The entire collection was exhibited at the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, from January 1969-March 1969. Five of the works were published in a related exhibition review in the San Diego Union. Copies of all related documentation in the curatorial file.

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