Necklace, various coloured stone beads some carved with stylised birds

Made:
1860-1933

Necklace, various coloured stone beads some carved with stylised birds, animals, with attached bronze depilatory forceps attached, Peruvian, 1860-1933

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A11579
Materials:
stone and string
Measurements:
length 460 mm
maximum: width 58 mm
type:
necklaces

Parts

Bronze, depilatory forceps

Bronze, depilatory forceps

Bronze, depilatory forceps, fan or axe-head shaped arms

Measurements:
length 33 mm
width 18 mm
thickness 8 mm
Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A11579 Pt1
type:
depilatory tweezers
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Necklace, various coloured stone beads some carved with stylised birds

Necklace, various coloured stone beads some carved with stylised birds

Necklace, various coloured stone beads some carved with stylised birds, animals, Peruvian, 1860-1933

Measurements:
length 460 mm
maximum: width 58 mm
Materials:
stone and string
Object Number:
A11579 Pt2
type:
necklace
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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