1971.15.615.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Seventeen agate beads [.1-.17] including barrel beads and tapered beads. Strung together by the collector. [SM 15/10/2010]

Long description

Seventeen agate beads [.1-.17] including barrel beads and tapered beads. Strung together by the collector. The beads are made of plain and banded cream/light brown agate. [.7] has a patch of dark colour. [.13] is grey in colour. Some of the beads show much more sign of use than others. These beads have more pitting and ingrained dirt. [SM 15/10/2010]

Geographical reference

Saudi Arabia

Asia > Western Asia > Saudi Arabia

India

Asia > Southern Asia > India

Person

Field collector Anthony John Arkell

PRM source Anthony John Arkell

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1934

Date collected

November 1934

Acquisition information

Donated: 26/10/1971

Materials and processes

Material Bead, Material Agate Stone, Material String, Process Strung, Process Perforated

Dimensions

Length: max 24 mm, Length: max 20 mm, Length: max 22 mm, Length: max 22 mm, Length: max 18 mm, Length: max 22 mm, Length: max 20 mm, Length: max 17 mm, Length: max 19 mm, Length: max 18 mm, Length: max 16 mm, Length: max 15 mm, Length: max 15 mm, Length: max 7 mm, Length: max 22 mm, Length: max 20 mm, Length: max 19 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1971.15.615.1 Accession number: 1971.15.615.2 Accession number: 1971.15.615.3 Accession number: 1971.15.615.4 Accession number: 1971.15.615.5 Accession number: 1971.15.615.6 Accession number: 1971.15.615.7 Accession number: 1971.15.615.8 Accession number: 1971.15.615.9 Accession number: 1971.15.615.10 Accession number: 1971.15.615.11 Accession number: 1971.15.615.12 Accession number: 1971.15.615.13 Accession number: 1971.15.615.14 Accession number: 1971.15.615.15 Accession number: 1971.15.615.16 Accession number: 1971.15.615.17 Other numbers: 18

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