[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Bead # Bead Beads. Collection of 429 beads on strands: (1) with 37 beads in various materials, two shaped like turtles and one, semi-circular in shape, engraved on rock-crystal in an archaic Chinese style; with clasps on the ends; (2) with 34 beads in various materials, the central one a large rectangular piece of smokey quartz; - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 299 BCE – 299 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1961-0711-4](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1961-0711-4) · Pramāṇa