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Object NameBlue Bodom Bead
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1950
Place MadeWestern Africa
TechniqueMolded powder glass
SizeOverall H: 3.4 cm, Diam (max): 2.9 cm
Accession Number70.3.110
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBlue Bodom Bead. Blue, dark blue, yellow, black, red, and green glass; molded powder glass. Barrel-shaped bead. Opaque light blue body decorated with several elements: 2 pairs of 1 irregular opaque yellow spiral stripe; 1 irregular opaque red barn spiral stripe and 4 irregular compound straight stripes of opaque black on red barn opaque on green opaque and on black opaque. All the stripes cross each other. A compound dot of opaque dark blue on opaque yellow and on opaque black is situated each side and on the intersecting stripes. 1 specimen.Provenance
Former Collection
H. Alastair Lamb
- 1970
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