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Object Name3 Blue Aggrey Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1800-1899
Place MadeWestern Africa
TechniqueDrawn
SizeOverall H: 1.2 cm, Diam (max): .9 cm
Accession Number71.3.34 E
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description3 Blue Aggrey Beads. Blue, brown, and possibly red glass; drawn. Cylindrical bead; Transparent dusk blue with a brown dichroism and possible straight opaque red stripes; 3 specimens.
Provenance
Former Collection H. Alastair Lamb - 1971
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook
about 1944-1946