Beads

Tools

Museum number:: 9-9571
Permalink:: ark:/21549/hm21090009571
Accession number:: Acc.2376
Object count:: 1
Description:: prayer beads, wood; inlaid gold longevity character; bat and longevity character pendants; 18 beads; possibly Taoist beads
Donor:: Older University Collections
Collection place:: China
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:: 1968
Department:: Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:: S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973)