Stone bead

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone bead
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Jharkhand Santhal Pargana Division
Cultural groups: Santal
Person: Field collector Paul Olaf Bodding; PRM source Paul Olaf Bodding; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date
Date collected: By 1930
Acquisition information: Donated: 1930
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Agate Stone, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 10 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1930.19.49
Research and responses: Parganas are linked territorial units with a hereditary headmen, made up of groups of villages. [Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] [CF 11/10/2001]
Associated publications: This object was featured in the Museum’s ‘web gallery’ (‘Selected Objects from the Lower Gallery’) produced during the DCF-funded ‘What’s Upstairs?’ project, 2004–2006, with the following caption: ‘In many cultures, beads have been used for protection. These ancient agate beads from Bengal were used by Santal people in the early twentieth century as amulets against dysentery.

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