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Object Number 991-12-60/14974A
Display Title Three Green Stone Beads
Descriptions
Object Description Three green stone beads. The two (a-b) smaller beads have one hole pierced in each at one tip. The larger one (c) has two holes pierced, one on each side near the center. (a) has a short piece of silk thread through the hole. (a) 1.2 cm. (l) x .7 cm. (w) x .3 cm. (d); (b) 1.3 cm. (l) x .7 cm. (w) x .4 cm. (d); (c) 2.3 cm. (l) x 1.2 cm. (w) x .6 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Bead, green jadeite, oblong, two perforations, triangular cross section
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 2.3 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm (7/8 x 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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