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1884.76.107

10 glass beads, strung together.

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1884.76.107

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Collection type
Object
Description
10 glass beads, strung together.
Long description
A string of ten glass beads of different shapes and colours.
Cultural groups
Irish
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1874
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Bead, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 65 mm doubled, as strung
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.76.107 PR Cat other PR nos: 1887
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object could have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4]. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Bead, Ornament

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