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1886.1.64

Necklace of black and gold gilded beads. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 11/08/2010]

1886.1.64

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Collection type
Object
Description
Necklace of black and gold gilded beads. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 11/08/2010]
Long description
Necklace of black and gold gilded beads. The 53 beads are strung on light brown yarn and the ends are tied together with dark brown coloured yarn. The beads are strung in a pattern of black beads, then disc beads with grooved edges either side of cylindrical gold beads with diagonal cuts. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 11/08/2010]
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1656?, uncertain
Date collected
?On or before 1656
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886, uncertain Transferred: 2006
Materials and processes
Material Gilt Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Gilded, Process Strung, Process Grooved
Dimensions
Diameter: max 10 mm each bead, Length: max 164 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.64 Other numbers: 84?
Research and responses

It is presumed that the object was found in 1880 at the Ashmolean as the PRM was not yet in existence [AP]

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