Stone bead of orange chalcedony or cornelian.

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone bead of orange chalcedony or cornelian.
Long description: Barrel-shaped bead of orange chalcedony or cornelian. In clear plastic box with 1930.19.85-86, 88-89. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/3/2006]
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 Chalcedony Stone, Material Cornelian Stone, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 10 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1930.19.87
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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