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Object NameAkoso (Crossed-Line) Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1950
Place MadeGhana, Krobo region
TechniqueMolded powder glass, applied
SizeOverall L (closed): 44 cm; Largest Diam: 2.9 cm, L: 1.8 cm
Accession Number70.3.75
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionAkoso (Crossed-Line) Beads. Red, brown, blue, green glass; Akosu type; matched string necklace in yellow. Center bead is a short bicone with red and brown trail decoration; then there is an assortment of long bicones with overlapping ellipses trails; a fragment of long bicones with a trailed eye decoration of blue, red and brown. The smaller beads consist of three basic types: (1) red and translucent green in a brown circle; (2) simple red spots; (3) overlapping ellipses.Provenance
Former Collection
H. Alastair Lamb
- 1970
