a) Yellow and black striped glass bead with swirl; bright blue core. b) Periwinkle shell. c) Many spiral tubes of various lengths. d) Many copper/bronze tubes. e) Bone boss, incised with lines. f) Bone boss, incised with circle-and-dots.
Shell, frit, stone(?), some of a resinous substance (amber?), some glass; most plain, long beads decorated with checkered design on two faces, as are melon-shape frit beads.
50+ Miscellaneous collection of beads. a) Two large, carnelian ellipsoids. b) One and one-half square-ended glass beads. c) One white tube (bone). Also, numerous small spirals of frit and Egyptian Blue and lots of shell circle.
Bone bead, black; incised decoration, four pairs of lines radiating from center, and three lines around base, with diagonal cross strokes through the lines.Incised
Bone bead, flat bottom, rounded top; incised decoration, four dots-and-circles near center hole; two lines around base with diagonal cross strokes through the lines; one of the circles is partly eroded away; buff color.
Bone bead, flat on bottom, rounded on top; incised decoration: four dots-and-circles around center hole, nine dots-and-circles around base bordered by lines; buff color.
Bone bead, flat on bottom, rounded on top; incised decoration; five dots-and-circles around center hole; line around, just above the base, connected to base line with diagonal cross strokes.
Rectangular pyramidal bone boss with opaque, white glazed surface; two holes are drilled into base obliquely to join at center for attachment; a small drop is missing near the top.
a) Polished boss with incised lines from hole to base. b) Convex boss with small circle-and-dot on top. c) Almost biconical boss, with incised lines on both surfaces. d) Disc(?); polished on one surface; possibly an inlay.Incised
a) Incised bone boss with circle-and-dot and hatching around the lower edge [/23]. b) Incised boss with circle-and-dot [/30]. c) Incised boss with circle-and-dot and "rope" slashing [/30].Incised
a) Boss with slash-incisions from hole to base and a line around the base edge. b) Boss with three double circle-and-dot on surface and gouged line around the base. c) Grey boss with most of body missing; circle-and-dot around the edge. d) Half boss with circle-and-dot around the hole and slashes around the edge. e) Half boss (top missing); circle-and-dot around the edge.
Two bone buttons, hemispheric, flat on bottom. a) Decorated wtih five incised circles. b) Decorated with radiating lines from the perforation in the center, and three concentric circles intersecting the radiating lines near base; small ridge across diameter on underside; dark brown.
Bone handle, broken at one end; cracked down center of one side, darkened on three sides; incised decoration, dots and circles; dots more deeply cut than any of the other bone handles from 1958 and 1959 seasons.Incised
Crescentic, watered steel blade with pronounced medial ridge on both faces; wide end inserted in bone grip, lentoid in section and widest at top and bottom. Grip completely carved in high relief in three registers; top, band of Arabic inscription; two seated (kneeling) and two standing crowned human figures; the lowest, on each side three seated (kneeling) crowned human figures between two urns.Inscribed
Bone. Rectangular, slightly tapering, rounded end. Upper end ornamented with hightly conventionalized human face formed of engraved circles and dots; 2 pierced holes on each side of upper end. "Rat-zan". Draw. bo 15
Necklace consisting of small discs of varied sizes and material, strung with one cylinder bead and one squat cylindrical white stone; made of bone, frit, and stone; colors include white, cream, light blue, gray and terracotta.
Bone. Head rectangular in section with 3 engraved circles on the two wide sides; notched shoulder near end which is diamond-shaped bevelled to point.Engraved
Some smaller beads of common types, preserved; all larger glass beads broken; various shapes and designs; various materials including frit, bone, & glass.
Tar or sitar. Wooden with oval body pinched in at front to form 2 sounding surfaces which are covered with a very thin membrane. Long wooden neck faced with diamond shaped ivory inlay. The hollow peg box curves back to form a circle. 6 lateral pegs (3 each side) 19 moveable frets of strong. Instr. painted red with gold trim and pictures of 4 people painted on back of body. Poor condition. Sounding surfaces broken. Some ivory inlay missing. Body cracked. Paint badly chipped. Frets broken, 2 missing. 1 string detached, the rest missing.Length: 85.5 cm. Width, bottom sounding surface: 16cm. Width, upper surface: 14cm. Depth of body: 17cm. Max width of body: 24cm.