bead

Object Name6 Beads

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 200 BCE-400 CE

Place MadeIndia, Tamil Nadu (near Pondicherry), Arikamedu

TechniqueDrawn, faceted

SizeOverall L: 8.4 cm; Collar Bead H: 10 cm, W: 0.9 cm

Accession Number75.1.51

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

Not On View

Physical Description6 Beads. One dark green glass bead, short bicone dark blue (cobalt) glass bead, short faceted bicone; one turquoise glass sphere; one translucent blue glass bead, long and of rectangular section; one opaque dark red glass collar bead; one translucent cobalt glass bead, gadrooned sphere.
Provenance

Source H. Alastair Lamb - 1975-03-31