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Object Name2 Bodom Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1950
Place MadeGhana
TechniqueMolded powder glass
SizeAverage Bead H: 3.6 cm, Diam (max): 2.8 cm
Accession Number70.3.108 B
Not On View
Physical Description2 Bodom Beads. Yellow, white, brown, and green glass; molded powder glass. Barrel-shaped beads with flattened ends. 1) Opaque yellow body decorated with flowing cruciform design: 2 Lozanges made of 3 straight, compound stripes of opaque black, opaque red barn and opaque black. A compound dot of opaque red barn on opaque black is present in the center of each lozange. 1 specimen. 2) Opaque yellow body decorated with flowing cruciform design: 2 Lozanges made of 4 straight, compound stripes of opaque black, opaque green, opaque red barn and opaque black. A compound dot of opaque red barn on opaque black is present in the center of each lozange. 1 specimen.
Provenance
Former Collection H. Alastair Lamb - 1970
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Mr. Larteh
1900-1972
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