Necklace

Museum number:

9-22494

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Accession number:

Acc.2697

Description:

rosary or prayer beads; string of 108 beads of sandalwood or holy basil; there is a 1.4cm long, carved piece with magenta tassle at the beginning/end of necklace

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner

Collection place:

India

Verbatim coll. place:

India

Collector:

Richard Lerner

Collection date:

before November 1970

Materials:

Silk and Synthetic

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Necklaces

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

1970

Context of use:

religious

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

length 79.5 centimeters and width 0.8 centimeters

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