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1933.58.8

String of red beads with glass pendant with incised crescent-and-star.

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1933.58.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
String of red beads with glass pendant with incised crescent-and-star.
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Al-Fayyum al-Lahun
Person
Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
PRM source Winifred Susan Blackman
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1933
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Glass, Process Strung, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 188 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.58.8
Research and responses

See ‘The fellahin of Upper Egypt: their religious, social and industrial life today with special reference to survivals from ancient times’by Winifred S. Blackman; with a foreword by R.K. Marett (London: Harrap, 1927)

Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Neck Ornament, Amulet