13 circular glass beads and one cylindrical

Made:
886-1066
13 circular glass beads and one cylindrical

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13 circular glass beads and one cylindrical
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13 circular glass beads and one cylindrical, strung on silk band, mostly green and blue, amuletic, Anglo-Saxon, English, 886-1066

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A66469
Materials:
glass and band, silk
Measurements:
max. circular bead: diameter 25 mm
min. circular bead: diameter 8 mm
long 5-sided bead: diameter 16 mm
long 5-sided bead: length 28 mm
string doubled: length 105 mm
type:
bead - pierced object
credit:
Sotheby's