Flattened spheroidal opalescent glass bead from the Holy Well, Inschadney, Kenmore, Perthshire

Bead of glass from Culbin Sands, Moray

Bead of glass from Culbin Sands, Moray

Bead of brown glass from Culbin Sands, Moray

Bead (Vulst) of amber, Bronze Age, from Denmark

Bead (Vulst) of amber, Bronze Age, from Denmark

Biconical gold bead from a hoard from Adabrock, Lewis, Late Bronze Age, 950 - 750 BC

Perforated amber bead from a hoard from Adabrock, Lewis, Late Bronze Age, 950 - 750 BC

Perforated amber bead from a hoard from Adabrock, Lewis, Late Bronze Age, 950 - 750 BC

Half of a perforated glass bead, broken across the perforation, from a hoard from Adabrock, Lewis, Late Bronze Age, 950 - 750 BC

Small bead of jet or lignite, from the horned, chambered cairn at Yarhouse (the northern cairn of a pair also known as South Yarrows), Thrumster, Caithness, Highland, Early Bronze Age

Bead of jet, from Achnacreebeag chambered cairn, Benderloch, Argyll and Bute, Bronze Age

Burnt bead or toggle of bone, from a stone circle at Balbirnie, Fife

Bead of blue glass with white enamel spirals, from Edderton, Highland

Bead of amber, from Blackerne, Crossmichael, Dumfries and Galloway

Scandinavian axe-shaped bead of amber, from a tumulus in Lanarkshire, Early Bronze Age, 2450 - 2000 BC