It was a lovely day, and great finally meeting you, Stefany.
And I will see you again, next week, on your homeground in London.
Feels incredibly decadent, flying over for just one day, but looking forward to it.
I think I have pictures of the notecards of the Van der Sleen collection somewhere, in case you would like them.
About gender: I found that in the Netherlands and in the US, beadcollecting is something done by both men and women. Is it in the UK mostly a 'womens'' thing?
Floor, are there any reference materials available with pictures and descriptions of this collection? I'm sure many people would be interested in this.
There is the book that Van der Sleen wrote himself, called 'A handbook on beads'. It is a small book with both back and white photographs and drawings of beads he collected. The book was written in 1973.
There is some great information in there, but also quite a bit of wring information. I do not know of any recent catalogue of the collection. On the museum website they state that there is a catalogue of the beads, but I can not find any further record of it.
They can provide a photocopy of a catalog, but it's in Dutch.
Hi Stefany,
it was nice meeting you at the lunch
Here are some notes from van der Sleen with the cards displayed in the Allard Pierson museum in Amsterdam on your picture.
Top row from left to right
are cards 33-21-17-16-37-81-2-102
33 Persia, Amlash
21 India, Kausambi
17 Egypt and Coptic beads
16 Egypt, Faience and Glass beads
37 Persia, Amlash and Teheran
81 The Netherlands, Wijk bij Duurstede. Roman Beads
2 Zanzibar, Mkokotoni. Surface finds
102 Venice. Modern fabrication.
Bottom row from left to right
are cards 71-68-32-66-44-43-57-58
71 The Netherlands, Amsterdam. Boerenwetering
68 The Netherlands, Amsterdam. Boerenwetering
Remark of van der Sleen: especially this kind of beads is found in Indian graves in North America and Canada
32 Indonesia, Flores. Beads made in Amsterdam
66 Beads from "kralentuinen" in Broek in Waterland
44 South Africa, Bechanaland
43 South Africa, Mafeking
57 West Africa, Chevron and other beads from Venice
58 West Africa, Ghana
remark van der Sleen; Beads received from mister Salsosilli (bead factory in Murano)
Sent by an agent from Ghana to copy
