Dark blue bead, cylindrical with a hole in the centre. Made from glass with a polished surface. [ASh [OPS move] 13/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dark blue bead, cylindrical with a hole in the centre. Made from glass with a polished surface. [ASh [OPS move] 13/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Akwa Ibom State Ikot Ekpene
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: December 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Glass, Process Perforated, Process Polished
Dimensions: Diameter: max 7 mm, Length: max 9 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.697.2 Other PRM accession number: 1942.13.697b

Search terms: Bead

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