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1934.14.2

Triple string of yellow beads with two clusters of black and white beads and three spacers of leather. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/5/2005]

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1934.14.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Triple string of yellow beads with two clusters of black and white beads and three spacers of leather. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of
Darfur El Fasher
Person
Field collector Anthony John Arkell
PRM source Anthony John Arkell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1934
Date collected
By 1934
Acquisition information
Donated: 1934
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material String, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 400 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1934.14.2
Research and responses

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Darfur is the name of a historical region of the Bilad as-Sudan, a region roughly corresponding to the westernmost portion of the present-day Republic of The Sudan. [CW 29/3/2000]

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing, Neck Ornament

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