Box containing beads strung on wire fastening with a metal clasp, and some loose beads and a metal clasp; the beads are mostly made of red ? paste, and there are a few green and yellow glass beads. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Box containing beads strung on wire fastening with a metal clasp, and some loose beads and a metal clasp; the beads are mostly made of red ? paste, and there are a few green and yellow glass beads. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/7/2005]
Geographical reference: Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of
Person: Field collector Evelyn Mary Foxley; Field collector Dorothy Mary Meadows; Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa; PRM source Evelyn Mary Foxley; PRM source Dorothy Mary Meadows
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1952
Date collected: Foxley 1933-38 Meadows 1944-52
Acquisition information: Donated: 09/1995
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Brass Metal, Material Metal Wire, Material String, Material Bead, Material Paste Glass, Process Strung, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 2 mm smallest beads, Diameter: max 9 mm largest beads
Object numbers: Accession number: 1995.21.9

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