- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- One of twentynine ostrich eggshell disc beads, strung to keep them together. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/7/2005]
- Cultural groups
- Khoe-San
- Person
- Field collector Charles Gabriel Seligman
- Field collector Brenda Zara Seligman
- PRM source Charles Gabriel Seligman
- PRM source Brenda Zara Seligman
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1940
- Date collected
- By 1940
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Ostrich Eggshell Bird, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 10 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.12.681.5
Search terms: Bead
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