Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Shell bead - plano-convex barrel with concave end to fit large circular beads.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Historic description for 1947.206 B: 'In profile, the beads have a shape like a double axe turned through 90 degrees. This gives it two concave ends, through which the perforation runs; White; Irregular in profile; plano-convex in section.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1926.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Horace Beck and donated by his widow, Gundred Beck, in 1947. See Horace Beck’s handwritten catalogue, classified by region (WO1/1/2).
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2064 B: '2 shell beads with plano-convex sides.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Two shell beads; plano-convex barrel shape with concave ends to fit large circular beads. One larger and one smaller bead.
Event Date 21/9/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins