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Object NameBracelet with Twisted Cane, Patches, and Trail
Made FromGlass
Date1200-1979
Techniqueformed on rod or conical tool, applied
SizeOverall W: 1 cm; Exterior Diam: 8.9 cm; Interior Diam: 7.1 cm
Accession Number79.1.294
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Physical DescriptionOpaque very dark brown (appearing black), with opaque yellow and opaque orange cane, opaque green and opaque red, and opaque black patches, and opaque red and opaque yellow trails. Formed on rod or conical tool; applied. Bracelet: seamless, with obliquely pointed cross section. Black matrix, with upper surface decorated with yellow and orange spirally twisted canes, which are wound three times around circumference and cover all but innermost part of upper surface; outermost part is inlaid with eight red patches separated by four green and four black patches arranged alternately; at junction of upper and lower surfaces, continuous red trail; on lower surface, continuous yellow trail. Inside of bracelet is speckled gray to brown.
Provenance
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