Collection place: Iran (Persia) / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Axe head, accession number 9-16753, described as Axe-Head. Long, cylindrical shaft-hole, upper edge of blade straight, lower cut-away, convex cutting edge, possibly honed, now nicked. Irregular 3 x 1 1/2 cm corrosion loss on lower shaft with small hole. Green patina. Ht. 10.0 cm; W. 14.5 cm. Conserved.

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-22545, described as beaded bag; white background with bands of blue and green; red at top and bottom; two rows of flowers at center in red, pink, yellow and green; seven sided star at center bottom in red, yellow, pink and blue; red drawstrings at top with tassels and beads.

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-20437b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-22569, described as decorated bag; purple silk bag with round bottom and drawstring closure of gold cord. bottom half of bag is made of a heavily embroidered gold "cap" with round base and straight sides. design made up of alternating bands and floral-like embroidery in a black or dark purple ground. opening edge finished with "handkerchief points" (3).

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-22566, described as rectangular embroidered velvet bag. each side embroidered with geometric bands and floral motifs in magenta, white, aqua and yellow. finished with magenta cord and 9 magenta and aqua tassels; 3 magenta cords, each 28 cm long are attached with a pompom of magenta and aqua to a single cord that also ends in a pompom (appears to be decorative vice functional)

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-20437d, described as cloth

Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 9-18736, described as Fat, doughnut-shaped bead with a small perforation. The surface is smooth with a warm, soft luster. Diameter 16.5 mm; thickness, 13.0 mm; diameter of perforation, 1.5-2. mm. Translucent, sky-blue chalcedony with opaque white streaks. Cut, bored (from both sides) and polished. Blue chalcedony for seals is common during the late Babylonian and Achaemenid periods, but conspicuously missing from Sassanian contexts. Known sources are in Turkey and the islands.

Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 9-18737, described as Fairly regular barrel-shaped bead. Slight imperfections in the stone, but without chips and still retaining a warm, lustrous polish. Length, 16.5 mm; diameter at center of bead 14 mm; diameter at ends 7.0 mm; diameter of perforation 1.5 to 2.0 mm. Goethite, or possibly hematite. Cut, bored, and polished. Neither goethite nor hematite beads are recorded from the early Islamic port of Siraf, Iran, or Nishapur, Iran.

Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 9-20422, described as Five beads strung together.

Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 9-18735, described as Flat, rectangular bead with a large perforation. One long side is thicker than the other, probably through wear. The surface is smooth with a dull, soft luster. Length 17.09 mm; width 15.0 mm; thickness 7.5 mm; diameter of perforation 5.0 mm. Deep blue lapis lazuli. Cut, bored and polished.

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