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Object Name40 Meteyi Beads on a Waist Band

Made FromGlass

Date1920-1969

TechniqueGlass powdered

SizeOverall H: 35 cm, W: 8 cm; Average Bead H: 2.5 cm, Diam (max): .8 cm

Accession Number70.3.180

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Early Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Ghana

Physical Description40 Meteyi Beads on a Waist Band. Yellow, blue, white, and dark red glass; glass powdered. Cylindrical beads; Opaque yellow body decorated with 2 straight compound stripes of opaque blue on opaque white and on opaque red, 1 opaque red stripe and one opaque blue stripe. 40 specimens. Some stripes are missing.
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