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  • Beads and Interment on Middleton Moor
  • Glass, milky beads, fig-hands and beads.
  • Fluorescent beads
  • Fluorescent beads
  • Urinometer beads.
  • Multi-sized beads, fluorescence
  • Coral, rough beads, fragments.
  • Multi-sized beads (constellation stained), fluorescence
  • A Hindu ascetic man (sadhu) with beads around his neck is carrying a begging jar and prayer beads. Watercolour.
  • Amber facetted beads; neckalce for teething child.
  • Amuletic necklace, Bear claws and red trade beads.
  • Lama. Two monks of the Lama tribe selling beads.
  • A brahmin telling his beads. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • Fibula-bow type-decorated with beads, Iron Age. Halstatt II
  • Bead makers, possibly for rosary beads: interior view and utensils used. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A Muslim priest holding prayer beads. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A Hindu priest offering a young woman some holy beads. Gouache drawing.
  • Africa: African women adorning themselves with beads, outside a kraal hut. Albumen print.
  • A pandit (Indian priest) holding prayer beads. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A young woman wearing a necklace of beads and a checked skirt. Photograph.
  • A Chinese man standing, wearing a string of big beads around his chest. Watercolour.
  • A barefoot man wearing a cloak, hat and beads: he is carrying a stick. Watercolour.
  • An elderly member of a royal family, holding prayer beads. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A young Indian man wearing many beads and makeup in a temple precinct. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A female role actor with strong male features, holding prayer beads. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
  • A man (a Buddhist monk?) sitting cross-legged wearing robes and beads and holding a bell. Photograph, 1910/1930.
  • A young Indian boy, wearing many beads and carrying a kettle, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • The heads of five women with braided hair dressed with flowers, beads and stars. Coloured lithograph by Michelet, 1864.
  • A religious man wearing a red cap and prayer beads around his neck. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A man carrying a model of a tomb (?), decorated with prayer beads. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.