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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14258 | 31-17-133 | (none) | (none) | 3 large lentoid beads: 1 gold and 2 calcite(?). |
| 14316 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 lentoid beads; 2 faceted lapis lazuli; 1 faceted gold. |
| 8421 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 35 beads Mostly minute lapis lazuli ring beads, 2 bugle lapis, 2 bugle carnelian, 2 carnelian ball beads |
| 10389 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 4 Beads 2 jasper? (one flattened double conoids, one barrel) 2 copper ball beads One copper bead between each jasper bead |
| 10537 | (none) | 1928,1010.199 | (none) | 4 Beads, 3 lapis, 1 silver, facetted double conoids silver in between lapis |
| 9855 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 4 Beads. 3 Carnelians and few specifimens of decayed wooden beads - 1 banded sard. String in following order: carnelian barrel, wooden double conoid, banded sard barrel. |
| 17054 | 31-43-164 | (none) | (none) | 4 beads. 1 amethyst - 4 sided [represented in drawing] lozenge shaped section. 3 carnelian (2 discoid and 1 ring bead). 1 bone lentoid. [drawing] | |
| 14256 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 4 beads: 2 faceted lapis lazuli double conoids.; 2 carnelian ring beads. |
| 8719 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 4 carnelian beads Flattened double conoids |
| 7620 | (none) | (none) | B16813 | 41 lapis lazuli beads. 5 bugle beads, 2 barrel beads, 1 double conoid, rest ball beads. | |
| 10315 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 5 Beads 2 lapis bugles 2 carnelian bugles 1 carnelian diamond. Originally strung with wooden double conoids, all of which had decayed. For order see Field Note. |
| 9012 | (none) | (none) | B17041 | 5 Beads 3 carnelian and 2 copper ball beads Two of the carnelian are bugle beads One is a double conoid Original order [shown in drawing]. [drawing shows shapes of beads in sequence: bugle, ball, bugle, ball, conoid] | |
| 9894 | (none) | 1928,1010.179 | (none) | 5 Beads Three carnelian bugles, two gold ball beads strung thus:-carnelian, gold,; gold, carn. |
| 15792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 5 beads. Carnelian rings. |
| 8465 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 5 beads. 1 carnelian double conoid, 2 carnelian barrel beads. 1 lapis barrel bead and 1 lapis bead in the form of an eye socket. |
| 8723 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 5 beads. 1 silver lentoid. 2 facetted double conoid lapis. 1 double conoid baked clay. 1 bugle bead baked clay. |
| 8469 | (none) | (none) | B16824 | 5 beads. 2 ball lapis, 2 double conoid lapis, 1 double conoid carnelian. | |
| 14006 | (none) | 1930,1213.103 | (none) | 5 beads: 1 carnelian double conoid-facetted; 3 lapis double conoids; 1 lapis cylindrical. For order see Field Note. |
| 16688 | 31-43-160 | (none) | (none) | 5 beads: 1 gold ball-fluted with ridged ends; 1 carnelian ball and double conoid; 1 hemispherical sard; 1 lapis lazuli barrel. | |
| 13550 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 5 beads: 1 lapis double conoid; 1 carnleian barrel; 1 carnelian ring; 1 rock crystal ring; 1 copper double conoid. |
| 14262 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 5 beads: 3 sard cylindricals; 1 double conoid; 1 calcite(?) barrel. |
| 13526 | 31-17-68 | (none) | (none) | 5 beads: carnelian elongated double conoid. Carnelian barrel. Agate cylindrical. lapis. barrel. Lapis double conoid. | |
| 10304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 6 Beads Two carnelian bugles, & 4 crystal ring beads - strung alternatively. |
| 13598 | 31-17-99 | (none) | (none) | 6 beads. Including: 2 carnelian ring beads; 1 carnelian cylinderical; 3 glass(?) double conoids. | |
| 16687 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 6 beads. Black and white glass tubular. Carnelian ball and double conoid. Mottled double conoid, Breccia(?) double conoid; cats eye. |
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