Accession No
1947.2242 F
Description
Three tabular, etched carneilian 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 F; Beck 1987
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Carnelian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
From megalithic tombs
Event Date 30/7/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Three tabular, etched carneilian 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 all three beads.
Event Date 17/11/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:132014
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