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)
(none) 98-9-69 (none) (none) (none)
13560C 92-4-247 (none) (none) [A-J] 10 shell rings. Originally decoration for a wooden scepter?
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.
10980A 83-7-61 (none) B17046 Beads. Silver and gold double conoids.
10983 83-7-1.87 (none) B17056 Collar made of gold and lapis triangular spacers with gold (small) & lapis beads 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.
10977A 83-7-1.5 (none) B17287 Beads. Large bugles of agate with lapis balls between.
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.
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.
15145 37-17-64 (none) (none) Beads: 4 carnelian & 1 silver ( on a bitumen core) elongated double conoids.
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.
19012 35-1-97 (none) (none) Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids (gradated sizes).
19438 35-1-96 (none) (none) Beads. lapis. ovals, balls, ck[?]
19858 35-1-95 (none) (none) Beads. Very large hematite and pebble rings, shell tubes and shell ovals laterally pierced, and small natural shells.
19251 35-1-94 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian cylinders, quartzite cylinders, lapis cylinders, balls and ovals.
19951 35-1-93 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian tubular, lapis rings and tubular.
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).
19250 35-1-91 (none) (none) Beads. Lapis barrels, carnelian rings, lapis cylinder, long paste date-shaped, quartzite flattened hexagonal.
19859 35-1-90 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, medium size (worn in 2 parallel strings)
19972 35-1-89 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, small.
19852 35-1-88 (none) (none) Beads. Small carnelian rings.
20031 35-1-87 (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings, balls and cylinders. Lapis balls.
20035.2 35-1-86 (none) (none) [.1-.2] Beads. Small carnelian and lapis short cylinders, paste rings, and one flat oval carnelian.
20029 35-1-84 (none) (none) Beads. Small carnelian rings.
19857 35-1-83 (none) (none) Beads. Large carnelian rings.

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