1913.48.40.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Collection of beads, including: a string of mainly blue tubular beads with 4 red and 2 yellow beads and metal fasteners [.1] [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/7/2005]

Long description

Collection of beads, including: a string of mainly blue tubular beads with 4 red and 2 yellow beads and metal fasteners [.1]; a string of 13 brown, 4 red tubular and 2 blue tubular beads [.2]; a string of 7 blue tubular, 1 green tubular and 7 smaller blue beads [.3]; 3 loose tubular beads of red agate [.4-.6]; 1 loose barrel-shaped bead of red agate [.7]; 1 loose globular bead of red agate [.8]; and 1 loose blue cylindrical bead [.9]. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/7/2005]

Geographical reference

Western Africa

Africa > Western Africa

Person

Field collector John Smalman Smith

PRM source Sarah Sophia Smalman Smith

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1913

Date collected

By 1913

Acquisition information

Donated: 1913

Materials and processes

Material Bead, Material Coral, Material Cornelian Stone, Material Glass, Material Agate Stone, Material String, Material Metal, Process Strung, Process Carved, Process Perforated

Dimensions

Length: max 13 mm, Length: max 25 mm, Length: max 185 mm, Length: max 200 mm, Length: max 340 mm, Length: max 13 mm, Diameter: max 9 mm, Length: max 9 mm, Length: max 25 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1913.48.40.1 Accession number: 1913.48.40.2 Accession number: 1913.48.40.3 Accession number: 1913.48.40.4 Accession number: 1913.48.40.5 Accession number: 1913.48.40.6 Accession number: 1913.48.40.7 Accession number: 1913.48.40.8 Accession number: 1913.48.40.9

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