Accession No
1947.2242 A
Description
Seven etched and 10 plain carnelian beads
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Tamil Nadu; Coimbatore
Period
Megalithic
Source
Beck, Horace J. (Mrs) [donor]; Beck, Horace J. [collector]; Tucker Collection
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2242 A; Beck 1976
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Carnelian; Steatite; Shell; Quartz
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (References)
Beck, Horace. (1933). 'Etched Carnelian Beads'. The Antiquities Journal, vol. 13(4). pp. 384-398
Event Date 1933
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
From megalithic tombs
Event Date 30/7/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Seven etched and 10 plain carnelian beads
Event Date 30/7/1992
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
During the week of 7 November 2016, Dr Akinori Uesugi, Kanazawa University, and Wannaporn (Kay) Rienjang, Division of Archaeology, took moulds of several of the beads from this idno. The beads were removed from their string for this purpose and the moulds taken using hydrophilic vinyl polysiloxane impression material. They were re-strung in the same order that they were found. Moulds were taken of beads number 1, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 17 from the label end of the string.
Event Date 17/11/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
During the week of 21 July 2017, Dr Akinori Uesugi, Kanazawa University, and Wannaporn (Kay) Rienjang, Division of Archaeology, took moulds of many of these beads. The beads were removed from their string for this purpose and the moulds taken using hydrophilic vinyl polysiloxane impression material. They were re-strung in the same order that they were found. Moulds were taken of beads number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 99, 11, 13, 15 and 16 from the label end of the string.
Event Date 21/7/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:53034
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