bead
Object NameAkoso (Crossed-Line) Bead
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1950
Place MadeGhana, Krobo region
TechniqueMolded powder glass
SizeOverall Diam: 2.8 cm, L: 2.2 cm
Accession Number71.3.44
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Beads of Ghana
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionAkoso (Crossed-Line) Bead. Green glass; long double bicone with a green body with longitudinal thin stripes in pink and brown. Pink under magnification proves itself to be made out of a series of pink bands as if a cane. Dark grey core visible at one end.Provenance
Former Collection
H. Alastair Lamb
- 1971
