Accession No
1947.2251
Description
String of 17 red glass beads, 1 green and 1 white glass taken by the Portuguese in C.16th and C.17th and traded there.
Place
Asia; South Asia; Sri Lanka
Period
16th century 17th century
Source
Beck, Horace J (Mrs); Beck Collection; Seligman [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1947.2251; Beck Collection 1867
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
String of 17 red glass beads, 1 green and 1 white glass taken by the Portuguese in C16th and C17th and traded there.
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Context (Other owners)
Collected by: Seligman
Event Date 1/10/1995
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue Card reads:
'47.2251. CEYLON.
String of red glass beads, 1 green and 1 white glass taken by the Portuguese in 16th and 17th century and traded there. Now highly prized by the VEDDAS. Given by Seligman. The Beck's No. 1867.
Ceylon.
Beck Colln. per Mrs H.J. Beck'.
Event Date 24/9/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin
FM:102094
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