bead
Object NameBodum Bead
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1950
Place MadeGhana
TechniqueMolded powder glass, applied
SizeOverall H: 1.7 cm, W: D: 3.9 cm
Accession Number73.3.348
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Glass Beads of Ghana
On ViewEuropean Gallery
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.Provenance
Former Collection
H. Alastair Lamb
- 1973
probably 1-1000
1850-1910
1400-1350 BCE
1880-1950
1880-1950
99 BCE-99 CE
Comparable Item/Comparable Item
