- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cornelian bead, hexagonal in section [SM 18/11/2010]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1948
- Date collected
- By 1948
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 26/10/1971
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Cornelian Stone, Process Perforated, Process Ground, Process Polished
- Dimensions
- Width: max 10 mm, Length: max 21 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1971.15.503
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