- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- String of ancient beads including rough pieces of quartz, polished pieces of quartz, and beads of glass (2 cylindrical red, 1 cylindrical turquoise, 1 globular black with patterns). [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/7/2005]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1930
- Date collected
- July - September 1930
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1930
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Quartz Stone, Material Glass, Material String, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 150 mm doubled
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1930.43.37
Search terms: Bead
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