Beads
This category includes small objects pierced for hanging or stringing.
Beads are made of various materials from stones to metals to clay. They are also various sizes and styles. Most common forms are spheres, lentoids, and cylindrical.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 20031 | 35-1-87 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings, balls and cylinders. Lapis balls. |
| 19852 | 35-1-88 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small carnelian rings. | |
| 19972 | 35-1-89 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings, small. | |
| 19859 | 35-1-90 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings, medium size (worn in 2 parallel strings) | |
| 19250 | 35-1-91 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis barrels, carnelian rings, lapis cylinder, long paste date-shaped, quartzite flattened hexagonal. | |
| 19047 | 35-1-92 | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian large date-shaped (broken) and rings; steatite barrel; agate tubular; small paste tubes and date-shaped; and 3 frog amulets, steatite. (22 in all). | |
| 19951 | 35-1-93 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian tubular, lapis rings and tubular. |
| 19251 | 35-1-94 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian cylinders, quartzite cylinders, lapis cylinders, balls and ovals. | |
| 19858 | 35-1-95 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Very large hematite and pebble rings, shell tubes and shell ovals laterally pierced, and small natural shells. | |
| 19438 | 35-1-96 | (none) | (none) | Beads. lapis. ovals, balls, ck[?] | |
| 19012 | 35-1-97 | (none) | (none) | Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids (gradated sizes). | |
| 19026A | 35-1-99A | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B.1-.2] Also two silver earrings. | |
| 15145 | 37-17-64 | (none) | (none) | Beads: 4 carnelian & 1 silver ( on a bitumen core) elongated double conoids. |
| 10976A | 83-7-1.1 | (none) | B17046a | Beads. String of large gold and lapis double conoids, alternating. REACCESSIONED AS 83-7-1. Pu Abis cloak. | |
| 10975B | 83-7-1.3 | (none) | B17046b | Beads. A string of decorated gold pipe beads, 22mm, long, with small gold balls,etc . 21 tubular carnelian, 2 gold, 3 lapis. 27 gold balls (17050 = U 10975-79, 80-81). REACCESSIONED AS 83-7-1. | |
| 10977A | 83-7-1.5 | (none) | B17287 | Beads. Large bugles of agate with lapis balls between. |
| 10976Q | 83-7-1.50 | (none) | B17062 | Beads. String of large gold and lapis double conoids, alternating. REACCESSIONED AS 83-7-1. Pu Abis cloak. | |
| 10983 | 83-7-1.87 | (none) | B17056 | Collar made of gold and lapis triangular spacers with gold (small) & lapis beads between. |
| 10980A | 83-7-61 | (none) | B17046 | Beads. Silver and gold double conoids. |
| 8165 | 87-28-16 | (none) | (none) | Finger ring. Silver. Filigree work, 6 strands of fine silver wire welded together in the hoop. Also, part of a second similar. | |
| 13560C | 92-4-247 | (none) | (none) | [A-J] 10 shell rings. Originally decoration for a wooden scepter? | |
| (none) | 98-9-69 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
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