1992.22.32.10

Collection type

Object

Description

Empty metal tin labelled 'Silver' and Large turquoise. This could have contained the opaque silver or turquoise beads used on various items of Plains-style clothing in this collection (1992.22) [CW [OPS Move] 15/2/2017].

Long description

Supplies of glass trade beads as used on various items of Plains-style clothing in this collection. .1 Red beads as used on shirt and leggings 1992.22.6-7, and bands 1992.22.19. In quilled and inlaid box (?Malaysian) with sliding lid, with stick-on label stating 'Vermilion Beads'. .2 Orange-red beads as used on moccasins .10, shoes .11, belt .13, armbands .14, waistcoat .15, bands .16-17, armbands .18, band .20, neck ornament .21, sheath .22. In cardboard box labelled `Vermilion'. .3 Blue beads as used on shirt and leggings .6-7, shoes .11, belt .13, armbands .14, waistcoat .15, bands .16-17, armbands .18, bands .19-20, neck ornament .21, sheath .22. In `Peps' cough sweet tin, labelled `Turquoise (some red mixed in)'. .4 Larger sized turquoise beads as used on moccasins .10 and warbonnet .24. In `Peps' cough sweet tin. .5 Smaller sized turquoise beads as used on moccasins .10. In tin labelled `Small Turquoise', `Antwerp Blue' and `White' having been crossed out. .6 Smaller sized white beads as used on moccasins .10. In tin labelled `white (small)', `Carmine' having been crossed out. .7 Larger sized white beads as used on most beaded items in the collection. In cardboard box addressed from Czechoslovakia to The London Bead Co. Ltd, 15 Eastcastle Street, London W1, date illegible, ?21.?.?7. Though another label suggests this box was once used for `Paste Buckles', this could indicate the country of manufacture of some or all beads in the collection. .8 Translucent green beads. These are lighter in colour than those used on shirt .1, leggings .2 and moccasins .8. In small tin labelled `Green', `Rose Madder' having been crossed out. .9 Empty `Peps' tin labelled `Green spare', `Chrome Green 1' and `Sky Blue' having been crossed out. This could have contained the opaque green beads used on bands .17 and .20. .10 Empty tin labelled at various times 'Silver', 'Large Turquoise', 'spare' and 'Small ?Turks'. There are a few items (moccasins .10, warbonnet .24) in the collection with silver coloured beads, but 'Silver' here may refer to another substance formerly stored in the tin.

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Czech Republic

Europe > Eastern Europe > Czech Republic

Cultural groups

Czech

Person

Maker Newton David Munro Turvey

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Kathleen Turvey

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1992

Date collected

By 1992

Acquisition information

Donated: 28/08/1992

Materials and processes

Material Bead, Material Glass, Material Metal

Dimensions

Height: max 20 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 90 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1992.22.32.10

Search terms: Bead, Trade