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beads

  • Description

    beads. Series of green and blue faience, and steatite, beads. There are ten large tubular blue faience beads, 13 tubular beads, five spherical faience beads, 18 disc beads, five small ring beads (three are white steatite), one bead in the form of a sceptre column, and one bead in the form of a closed lotus flower, with a papyrus capital.

  • Other Id

    2017.x.511 (temporary accession number)

  • Department
Beads, 2017.x.511, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27… … Read more

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  • akm.collections.field_system_id_label
    854222
  • Department
  • Other Id

    2017.x.511 (temporary accession number)

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2017.x.511
  • Name/Title
    beads
  • Description

    beads. Series of green and blue faience, and steatite, beads. There are ten large tubular blue faience beads, 13 tubular beads, five spherical faience beads, 18 disc beads, five small ring beads (three are white steatite), one bead in the form of a sceptre column, and one bead in the form of a closed lotus flower, with a papyrus capital.

  • Cultural Origin
  • Classification
  • Physical Description

    Description pre April 2018 record update: Series of green and blue faience, and steatite, beads. There are ten large tubular blue faience beads, 13 tubular beads, five spherical faience beads, 18 disc beads, five small ring beads (three are white steatite), one bead in the form of a sceptre column, and one bead in the form of a closed lotus flower, with a papyrus capital.

  • Measurement Reading

    17.6g

  • Media
  • akm.collections.field_taxon_rank_label
    Primary Term
  • Last Update
    31 Oct 2023
  • Classification
    Ornament, Neck/Body Adornment/Ornament/Personal Artefacts/Infomuse
  • Copyright
    Auckland Museum CC BY
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