- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone bead
- Long description
- Bead, strung with others [1930.19.76 - .84] [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/7/2005]
- Cultural groups
- Santal
- Date
- Date collected
- By 1930
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1930
- Materials and processes
- Material Quartz Stone
- Dimensions
- Length: max 68 mm as strung with others
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1930.19.77
- 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]
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