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Object NameBead with Eyes
Made FromGlass
Techniquewound, applied, trailed, tooled
SizeOverall H: 2.9 cm, Diam: 3.7 cm
Accession Number98.1.80
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque "black," white, blue and yellow-gold glasses; wound, applied canes, trailed, tooled. "Black" matrix with white trail at equator, three "eyes" above and below white trail, large perforation.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
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