bead;
necklace
- Museum number
- 1890,0101.72
- Description
-
128 beads of various materials and shapes, strung together as one necklace. Materials include carnelian, banded agate (19), Egyptian blue (4), shell (4), gold (2) and lapis lazuli (3); two are glazed, one of which is an unusual shape.
- Curator's comments
- 1890,0101.71-75 registered 12/7/96. Possibly part of the 1856,0903 collection see volume 1 p.149, where groups of beads were registered but not located in 1996. The number of beads do not however tally.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair
- Acquisition date
- 1890
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1890,0101.72