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Head shaped bead: E.350b-c.1932

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

A glass, human-head shaped bead or pendant. The head is made from a bright blue glass, with the eyebrows and eyes made from yellow glass. The irises and loop are in black/dark blue.

See also E.350b.1932

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry

Dating

Circa -0600 BCE - -0201 BCE

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.350b-c.1932
Primary reference Number: 53092
Oldadmincategory: B
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 December 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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