Necklace strung with sixteen flat red Czech glass beads. [FC 18/02/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Necklace strung with sixteen flat red Czech glass beads. [FC 18/02/2011]
Long description: Necklace strung with red glass beads. The necklace consists of sixteen flat disc shaped red Czech glass beads with round red beads in-between. The flat disc beads have been impressed with star and crescent surrounded by seven stars, filled in gold. The necklace has a heart shaped red glass pendant. The necklace has red glass heart shaped pendant known as Mekkawi, stamped with imitation of Tughra or royal signature surrounded by border of star and crescent, other face bears Turkish word. Attached to string at one end of the necklace is a base silver Tanaghilit [FC 18/02/2011]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of; Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Northern Darfur El Fasher Northwestern Nigeria Gobir
Cultural groups: Tuareg Berber; Kel Tegama
Person: Field collector Anthony John Arkell; PRM source Anthony John Arkell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1935
Date collected: By 1935
Acquisition information: Donated: 26/10/1971
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Silver Metal, Material Bead, Process Beadwork, Process Impressed, Process Stamped, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Length 255 mm total, Length 57 mm Tanaghilit
Object numbers: Accession number: 1971.15.42 PR no.: 1
Associated publications: Features as a black and white image in Plate XXI (figure 13) in 'Forms of the Talhakim and Tanaghilit as Adopted from the Tuareg by various West African Tribes by A. J. Arkell. (The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 65 Jul. - Dec., 1935) pp. 307 - 309. (Copy in RDF). [FC 18/02/2011]

Search terms: Ornament, Bead, Trade, Neck Ornament