Amulet [.1] consisting of a loop of small beads with five beaded tassels ending in a ?copper alloy sphere, one damaged [.2] and a sixth with a coin. [SM 09/03/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet [.1] consisting of a loop of small beads with five beaded tassels ending in a ?copper alloy sphere, one damaged [.2] and a sixth with a coin. [SM 09/03/2011]
Long description: Amulet [.1] consisting of a loop of small beads with five beaded tassels ending in a ?copper alloy sphere, one damaged [.2] and a sixth with a coin. The five tassels have red drawn beads and faceted clear beads. They are bound together above the spheres with red wool. The sixth tassle has a large green faceted bead. The coin is stamped with the image of a flower. [SM 09/03/2011]
Geographical reference: Russia
Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia
Cultural groups: European Russian
Person: Field collector Edward Lovett; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: 1913
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Silver Metal, Process Strung, Process Faceted, Process Drawn, Process Perforated, Process Stamped, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 60 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.51.593.1 Accession number: 1985.51.593.2 Other numbers: R 12632/ 1936 A 132589 AM C

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