1. Bought from Seaokue Yue [You Xiaoxi] 游筱溪, of Shanghai 上海. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 301. Said to have been excavated in Shensi [Shaanxi] 陝西.
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Hsia [Xia] 夏. See further, S.I. 1318, Appendix VIII.
3. (John Ellerton Lodge, 1928) Late Chou [Zhou] 周.
4. (Isabel Ingram Mayer, 1945) Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty or earlier.
5. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.909.
6. (William B. Trousdale, 1964) Chou [Zhou] 周 dynasty. Because of association with F1917.378c and F1917.378d, Western Chou [Zhou] 周, 9th--8th century BCE. Such beads are otherwise difficult to date. Perforation drilled from both sides.
7. (Julia K. Murray, 1980) Attribution changed from Western Chou [Zhou] 周 to Neolithic, ca. 2000 BCE.
8. (Undated Folder Sheet note) See F1916.118, no. 10.
9. (Stephen Allee per Keith Wilson, February 29, 2008) On this date entered: Period One (Late Neolithic period), Date (3300--2250 BCE), Artist (Liangzhu 良渚 culture), Title, Object name, Geographical region (Lake Tai 太湖 region); plus Dimensions per Christine Lee, from Jade Project Database.
10. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
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