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1971.15.369

Bright blue glass disc necklace of sixteen glass beads impressed with star and crescent. [FC 18/02/2011]

1971.15.369

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bright blue glass disc necklace of sixteen glass beads impressed with star and crescent. [FC 18/02/2011]
Long description
Necklace of 16 flat blue glass disc beads, red spacer beads and a large heart shaped pendant. The flat disc beads have the star and crescent motif stamped onto them. The heart shaped pendant, Mekkawi , is also stamped with a star and crescent in gold. [FC 18/02/2011]
Cultural groups
Tuareg Berber
Czech
Person
Field collector Anthony John Arkell
PRM source Anthony John Arkell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1948
Date collected
By 1948
Acquisition information
Donated: 26/10/1971
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Paste Glass, Process Perforated, Process Impressed, Process Inlaid, Process Inscribed, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Length 310 mm necklace
Object numbers
Accession number: 1971.15.369
Associated publications
For a colour photograph of 1971.15.369, 1971.15.370, and 1971.15.371, see Figure SW8 in 'The Studies of A. J. Arkell on the Movement of Beads in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in the 1930s', by Sara Withers, in International Bead & Beadwork Conference, 22-25 November 2007, Istanbul, edited by Jamey D. Allen and Valerie Hector, (no place [Istanbul]: Kadir Has University, no date [2007]), unpaginated. See also Withers's notes on this image on the second page of her text. Copy of volume in Balfour Library; photocopy of Withers's paper in RDF: Researchers: Withers. [JC 28 8 2008]

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