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1905.7.24

String of beads made from globular seeds with patterned surfaces. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/7/2005]

1905.7.24

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Collection type
Object
Description
String of beads made from globular seeds with patterned surfaces. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/7/2005]
Person
Field collector J. Strode Wilson
Field collector John Strode Wilson
PRM source J. Strode Wilson
PRM source John Strode Wilson
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1905
Date collected
By 1905
Acquisition information
Donated: 1905
Materials and processes
Material Plant Seed, Material String, Process Perforated, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 608 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1905.7.24
Research and responses

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, necklace-rosaries of (108) rudraksa seeds are carried by dashnami sannyasins, who are Hindu ascetics, as a religious artefact. [CW 26/1/2000]

Search terms: Bead, Religion, Ornament, Neck Ornament

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