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Object NameAkoso Bead

Made FromGlass

Date1800-1899

TechniqueMolded powder glass

SizeOverall H: 1.5 cm, Diam (max): 1.6 cm

Accession Number71.3.46

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Place Made

Western Africa

Physical DescriptionAkoso Bead. Green, black, pink, and white glass; molded powder glass. Short bicone bead ; Opaque mistletoe green body decorated with 3 spiral compound stripes of opaque black bordered on each side by a compound stripe of opaque pink on opaque white on opaque pink on opaque white on opaque pink on opaque white on opaque pink on opaque white and on opaque pink. A identical pink and white stripe girds the middle and extends over the previous compound stripes. 1 specimen.The pink color came from Venetian cornaline d' Aleppo beads fused together and stretched into trails.
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