bead

Object NameBodum Bead

Made FromGlass

Date1880-1950

TechniqueMolded powder glass, applied

SizeOverall H: 1.7 cm, W: D: 3.9 cm

Accession Number73.3.348

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Beads of Ghana

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

Place Made

Ghana

Physical DescriptionBodum Bead. Yellow, beige, red, and white glass; Molded powder glass, applied. Large round bead; Beige core; Opaque yellow body decorated with a partial opaque turquoise ring in the center and 6 opaque red loops with a compound dot of opaque white on transparent red (Venetian Cornaline d'Aleppo bead) in the center of each. 1 specimen.
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