bead

Object NameBead

Made FromGlass

Date1880-1950

TechniquePowdered glass

SizeOverall W: 3.7 cm, D: 2.5 cm

Accession Number71.3.34 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Beads of Ghana

Place Made

Ghana

Physical DescriptionBead. Grey, yellow, and black glass; powdered glass. Barrel bead; Grey core; Opaque yellow body decorated with flowing cruciform design: 2 lozanges made of straight stripe of opaque black. An opaque black dot is present in the center of each lozange and an opaque black stripe encircles the middle. 1 specimen. Some of the red stripes have disappeared.
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