- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Broken cylindrical pale blue bead with wavy (yellowed) white lines with brown-black contours. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/6/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Arab
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1963
- Date collected
- By 1963
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1963
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead
- Dimensions
- Length: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1963.10.49
Search terms: Bead
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