Beads on string

Museum number:
9-13354
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3780 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Bracelet; 18 wooden beads with 2 mother-of-pearl and 1 glass beads on white silk cord; 33.5 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beads on string, accession number 9-13354, described as Bracelet; 18 wooden beads with 2 mother-of-pearl and 1 glass beads on white silk cord; 33.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads on string, accession number 9-13354, described as Bracelet; 18 wooden beads with 2 mother-of-pearl and 1 glass beads on white silk cord; 33.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads on string, accession number 9-13354, described as Bracelet; 18 wooden beads with 2 mother-of-pearl and 1 glass beads on white silk cord; 33.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads on string, accession number 9-13354, described as Bracelet; 18 wooden beads with 2 mother-of-pearl and 1 glass beads on white silk cord; 33.5 cm.

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