- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Double armlet made of strung glass beads wound in a pattern around a core and backed with leather. Attached by label to 1931.72.5, 7-9. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/10/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1931
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Bead, Material Glass, Process Beadwork, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 72 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1931.72.6
Search terms: Ornament, Arm Ornament
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