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Object Name17 Akoso Glass Powder Beads on an Armband

Made FromGlass

Date1880-1950

TechniqueGlass powdered

SizeOverall H: 11 cm, W: 7 cm; Average Bead H: 2.1 cm, Diam (max): 1.3 cm

Accession Number70.3.176

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Ghana

Physical Description17 Akoso Glass Powder Beads on an Armband. Yellow to grey, red, and blue glass; glass powdered. Cylindrical beads; 1) Opaque pale yellow to beige greyish body decorated with 2 opaque red dots. 15 specimens. 2) Opaque beige greyish body decorated with 3 opaque dark blue dots from one side and one opaque black loop with one dark blue dot on the other side. 1 specimen. 3) Opaque beige body decorated with an opaque black and red lattice. 1 specimen.
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