Bead

29-221-14

From: Asia

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-221-14
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Asia
Section Asian
Materials Ivory
Iconography Face
Description

A tiny ivory head with top knot. Eyes holes for inlay. Walrus Tusk (?) Bead is carved in shape of a male face. Eyes are hollow pin holes. Hole in protrustion on top of head through which bead can be strung. The back of the bead is flat.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 92-1-205 - Found in Collection Number | 14 - Sommerville Number

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