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Object Number 15-9-50/B853
Display Title Discoidal terra cotta beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beads, ceramic, discoidal, brown, some stuck together, strung on wire
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Spain / Canary Islands / Tenerife / <City> / Guanche Cave
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 1.3 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm (1/2 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 41
Label on object 15-9-50/B853 & B-853

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Cylindrical terra cotta beads
15-9-50/B854 Cylindrical terra cotta beads
Bead
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Bead
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2004.1.616 Beads, tortoise shell and nut beads, discoidal, with teeth fragments
Bead
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2004.1.658 Beads, white shell and tortoise shell discoidal beads, on fiber
Bead
Gilbert Islands
String of tiny discoidal turquoise beads
97-9-10/49875 String of tiny discoidal turquoise beads
Bead
New Mexico
Glass beads, round (clear orange), tubular (polychrome) & discoidal (white & ora
2002.1.353 Glass beads, round (clear orange), tubular (polychrome) & discoidal (white & ora
Bead
Africa?
Beads, discoidal, white, shell
2002.1.43 Beads, discoidal, white, shell
Bead
Beads, discoidal shell, pink and white
2003.1.2671 Beads, discoidal shell, pink and white
Bead
Oceania
Plain terra cotta spindle whorls or beads
36-79-20/4580 Plain terra cotta spindle whorls or beads
Spindle whorl
Guerrero
Small terra cotta bead
39-58-70/1484 Small terra cotta bead
Bead
Interior Residency of North Borneo
Image Not Available for Terra cotta beads
97-44-20/C1871 Terra cotta beads
Bead
Excavations 2, 3, 4
Small yellow terra cotta bead, decorated by broken lines of light +
39-58-70/1483 Small yellow terra cotta bead, decorated by broken lines of light +
Bead
Interior Residency of North Borneo