bead
Object NameMosaic Bead
Made FromGlass
Date800-899 or later
TechniqueWound, inlaid
SizeOverall H: 2.4 cm, Diam: 2.8 cm
Accession Number95.1.38
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Physical DescriptionMosaic Bead. Deep blue opaque (matrix); white, red, and yellow, all opaque (cane slices). Slices of preformed canes inlaid in matrix formed around rod. Biconical bead tending toward spheroid, with circular perforation (D. 0.65 cm). Blue matrix embedded with numerous slices and chips of polychrome canes, of which two types occur: (1) with circular yellow core surrounded by concentric circles of red, white, and blue and white stripes; (2) with circular red core surrounded by concentric bands of white and blue and white stripes. Sides of perforation retain traces of kiln wash.Provenance
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800-899 or later
700-999
299-1 BCE
1400-1499 or later
800-899 or later