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Object NameStrand of 36 Beads

Made FromGlass, Plastic

Date1850-1910

TechniqueWound

SizeOverall (average) W: 1 cm, D: 1.5 cm

Accession Number73.3.358 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

possibly West Africa; possibly Czech Republic

Physical DescriptionGrayish-white, blue, green, red glass; wound. African copies of Rosettas; grayish-white with red and blue longitudinal stripes; nine cylindrical beads; opaque red vulganite (plastic).
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about 300-50 BCE

1600-1699

probably 1850-1900

perhaps 1-99

200-399