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1906.51.3.2

Box containing old trade beads of various sizes and shapes: mainly blue, turquoise and green; the largest bead is very dark blue and globular in shape but slightly flattened. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/7/2005]

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1906.51.3.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Box containing old trade beads of various sizes and shapes: mainly blue, turquoise and green; the largest bead is very dark blue and globular in shape but slightly flattened. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/7/2005]
Geographical reference
Zimbabwe
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zimbabwe
6 miles east of Save [Sabi] River
Person
Field collector E.M. Andrews
PRM source E.M. Andrews
Date
Date collected
Excavated 1906
Acquisition information
Donated: 1906
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Glass
Dimensions
Diameter: max 16 mm largest bead
Object numbers
Accession number: 1906.51.3.2
Research and responses

See information about E.M. Andrews archaeological work around Umtali in David Randall MacIver's 1906 'Medieval Rhodesia' p. 35 and on [AP 31/07/2009]

The Sabi River is known today as the Save River. [AS 24/09/2010]

Search terms: Bead, Trade

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