Black opaque glass bead, diam. 1.1cm, short barrel, with opaque white zig-zag trail marvered in, preserved with fragment of silver ring, broken in two and incomplete, diam c. 2.3 cm. with knotted twists, 2 on one side and 3 on the other.Mayer card attributes to Barfreston grave 32, and refers to Inventorium Sepulchrale p. 140, but no mention of this in text. No beads in grave. The bead from grave 34, on a ring, was red and white. The bead on pl. VII.11 from grave 34 looks very like, however, in size though it is red and white not black, and the ring is similar. Could the bead have changed colour, eg. during blitz. No card for any missing bead from this grave.
History
Grave ID
Barfrestone Grave 34
Object ID
M6602
Catalogue Number
M 6602
Material
glass, white metal (Sonia Hakes Material Notes; glass, silver) (Antiquarian Material; silver, earthen)
Complete Keyword List (Including Alternatives)
bead on ring, slip-knot ring (Sonia Hawkes Keyword; bead, ring) (Antiquarian Keyword; bead, knotted ring)