Record

Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Necklace
	String of Beads
	Beads
	301 439
Object Number	ABDUA:7325
Other Number	H29
Other Number Type	old number
Period	1904
Brief Description	Necklace or string of beads in light grey/ white quartz/ agate, alabaster and recycled glass. Made from 32 carved/ moulded beads of varying sizes and shapes, some are more highly polished than others. Some of the beads may be recycled glass 'krobo' beads. Original label accompanying object reads 'From tumuli, Early Egyptian?'. Tumuli or tumulus is the term for a heaped burial mound.
Dimensions	L: 266mm
Materials	glass, stone, quartz quartzite, glass
Condition	Fair
Completeness	Complete
Technique	Carved
Place Key	Africa, West Africa, Mali, Tombouctou Region, Timbuktu
Field Collector	Moir, Dr F. W. (Gold Coast)
Object History Note	1912 Reid Catalogue entry reads 'Beads in stone, from graves on banks of Ancobra River, 90 miles from mouth, on borders of Ashanti, and from graves at Zaria. Presented by Dr. F. Moir, Gold Coast, 1910'.
Publication Note	Reid, R W. 1912. 'Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum at Marischal College, University of Aberdeen', Aberdeen University Press,Pg 302 and illustrated pg 303.
Aquisition Source	Moir, Dr F. W. (Gold Coast)

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