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Carter No.: 044n

Handlist description: Faience collar

Card/Transcription No.: 044n-3


44 (n) cont. 30

Number of pendants Red 175 Green 206 Yellow 226 Blue 250 White 235. Approx number of yellow disc beads 3800. " " red " " 130 Obviously there are missing pendants of each colour. As it stands it would make a collar with a metre & a half round the curve. This is impossible. The five rows noted may have repeated, but there was absolutely no evidence for this. A length found of 12 yellow beads together, then a knot, then 9 more yellow beads. Below the knot a red bead. Arranged thus <> ?position.

Card no. 044n-3 relating to Carter no. 044n
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