BY.T-42 (previous number) and T-42 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
String of precious stones and pearls with clasps at each end, apparently part of a neckless or other ornament worn by an affluent Tibetan. The string includes five pearls, two pearl-like stones one pearl shaped glass bead, four large coral beads and four zi stones.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Coral (material), Glass (material), Iron (metal), and Pearl (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
19th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 1.588 centimeters, length 30.48 centimeters, and width 2.54 centimeters
Comment:
The corals are of a superior variety, and the four zi stones may be quite valuable. There is an extra coral bead and turquoise glass bead that were packed with the string of stones but do not seem to belong with them.See: T-42 pict.