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2012.104.46

String of seventy nine green glass beads, sixteen of which are light blue, two of which a darker blue and two of which are green. [FB 31/03/2014]

2012.104.46

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Collection type
Object
Description
String of seventy nine green glass beads, sixteen of which are light blue, two of which a darker blue and two of which are green. [FB 31/03/2014]
Geographical reference
Guatemala
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Guatemala
Sacatepequez Department Antigua
Cultural groups
Maya
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Dai Williams
PRM source Dai Williams
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1980
Date collected
By 1980
Acquisition information
Donated: 03/07/2013
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Plant Fibre, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 390 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2012.104.46 Other numbers: 109
Research and responses

Notes, names of villages given by donor: "109. Glass beads, Antigua." [FB 06/11/2013]

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament, Bead

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