Object: Beads
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science and Art, Dublin,Plate XIV, W. 296/305,Purchased from Mr. Donegan
Site: Locality unknown
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 18; 18.5
Thickness (mm): 6; 5.5
Weight (g): Collective weight 9 beads: 8.14 gms
Composition: Gold
Description: Nine tubular beads, each of which is rolled out of a thin plate. Their sides not being soldered together. 5 are unornamented, 4 are grooved on their outer surface. Their condition is poor.
Publications: Wilde, Proc. Royal Irish Academy VIII, p. 407,Ibid,Wilde wrote: "They may have been ferrules for double conical beads....or they may have been worn with other trinkets on a necklace, or strung between amber beads....In their present state they cannot be regarded as perfect."