bead

Object NameTriple Waist String of 296 Beads

Made FromGlass

Date1850-1910

Place MadeWest Africa

Techniquewound

SizeOverall W: 1 cm, D: 1 cm

Accession Number73.3.357

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionGrayish-white, red, black glass; wound. African copies of Rosettas; grayish-white beads with red and black longitudinal stripes; reddish-brown beads with white longitudinal stripes and black beads with grayish-white longitudinal stripes.
Provenance

Former Collection H. Alastair Lamb - 1973