Accession book entry: : West Africa, probably Benin. Necklace of two large thick tubular coral beads with a white circular bead between them. The white bead has flat surfaces at both perforations and appears to be made of a finely woven fabric shrunk onto a pliable core. Strung on fine cord. Lady Bedford Coll. 1928.219.46. Length 25 cm. Max. length coral bead 2.6 cm. Diameter 2 cm. Length white bead 2 cm. Diameter 2.7 cm.; Accession book entry: : [added] - 1966.1.638 Unstrung at the curator's request [page 205a].; Accession book entry: : For full text of Accession Book introduction (from Collections XVA Ipswich Ethnography A) see entry for 1966.1.1 [OD 11/5/2001].; Card Catalogue entry: : Necklace of 2 large thick tubular coral beads with a white circular bead between them. The white bead has flat surfaces at both perforations and appears to be made of a finely woven fabric shrunk on to a pliable core. Strung on fine cord. [Note on card] - 'This necklace was unstrung at the request of the Curator.'; Related Documents File: : typed list of objects, headed 'Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. 1965. Ipswich Museum' in folder, 'Ipswich Museum Inventory' states [p. 1]: "Lady Bedford Collection. NOTE: Many items from this collection are erroneously marked 1928-129 instead of 219" [RTS 23/12/2003].; Documentation: : See RDF.