Two octagonal facetted tapering glass beads, one is clear [.1] and the other is opaque [.2] Strung together by the collector. [SM 15/10/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Two octagonal facetted tapering glass beads, one is clear [.1] and the other is opaque [.2] Strung together by the collector. [SM 15/10/2010]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of; Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Northern Darfur El Fasher [Venice]
Cultural groups: Italian
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 Bead, Material Glass, Process Strung, Process Faceted, Process Perforated, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Width: max 12 mm, Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 39 mm, Length: max 41 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1971.15.609.1 Accession number: 1971.15.609.2
Research and responses: These beads are the same shape as those on Venetian cards illustrated in 'Glass beads The 19th Century Levin Catalogue and Venetian Bead Book and Guide to Description of Glass Beads' by Karlis Karklins, published in 1985. See Figure 8, page 78 for illustration. [SM 15/10/2010]

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