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Prayer Beads3110/10

String of light brown beads on rust coloured braided string. Beads are small and spherical, roughly the same size, excluding two “vase” or “bell” shaped beads and one shiny seed(?) bead.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, cotton fibre and seed ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/9

Circle of beads. Dark brown wooden beads with two smaller clear plastic beads and one large cream-yellow coloured bead with a clear plastic centre at the tie. Strung on off-white braided string. A green tassel is attached at the tie by pink braided thread and a red-brown plastic bell-shaped cap. Green tassel tied inside knot, under cream-yellow bead.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/8

String of light brown beads on rust coloured braided string. Beads (seeds?) are small and spherical, roughly the same size excluding one oblong wooden dull-lustre bead at the end, and one bell shaped, dull lustre bead following it. Two braided cords made from the rust coloured string come out of the bell shaped bead and end in tassels.

Culture
Chinese
Material
seed ?, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/7

String of brown beads on rust coloured string. One oval shaped orange bead at top of loop, one spherical scarlet bead mid-way down one side, and a cylindrical shaped dusty orange bead across from it, on the other side. The bottom of the loop has one oblong wooden bead of a lighter brown colour with a “bell” shaped bead below it. A braided grouping of the rust coloured string divides into two beaded strands, which are tied off with tassels of the same string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and plastic
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads2990/754

35 miscellaneous shell beads (currently strung on fishing line). Two square and two circular beads made of spondylus, one is long and has flattened sides with an opening in the middle, another is brown and square, the rest are purple, light brown, white and light grey circular beads. Well preserved.

Culture
Nasca
Material
shell and plastic
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads2990/753

Plastic string of 38 miscellaneous stone and shell beads; 31 are turquoise, one soda-lite, two grey-green shell beads, one is yellow and three were made of stone (currently strung on cord).

Culture
Nasca
Material
plastic, stone and shell
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads2000.67.23

Gift of George E. and Jerry A. Marshall in memory of George A. and Helen B. Marshall.

Culture
Columbia River
Material
stone
Made in
“Columbia River” ?
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Beads1997.42

Collection of the Portland Art Museum.

Culture
“unknown” ?
Material
glass bead
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Beads2990/679

Sixteen quartz beads (currently strung on plastic fishing line).

Culture
Moche
Material
quartz mineral and plastic
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads2990/853 a-b

Two pearl shell rosette-shaped beads. a) Small bead with hole in interior and serrated edges. Well preserved. b) Small, thin bead with hole in interior. Incised and in-relief decoration at rim. Broken.

Culture
Chancay
Material
shell
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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