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Object Name7 Akoso Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1950
Place MadeGhana
TechniqueGlass powdered
SizeOverall H: 8 cm, W: 5 cm; Average Bead H: 1.7 cm, Diam (max): 1.3 cm
Accession Number71.3.41 C
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description7 Akoso Beads. Yellow, white, black, pink, green, red, white, and blue glass; glass powdered. 7 akoso types; All cylindrical beads; 1) Opaque yellow body decorated with 1 straight opaque dark red stripe and 1 straight opaque green stripe; 1 specimen. 2) Opaque yellow body decorated with 2 compound loops composed of 3 opaque white and 4 opaque pink threads; An opaque dark dot is situated in the center of each loop (eye bead); 1 specimen. 3) Opaque yellow body decorated with one pair of opaque red and opaque blue straight stripes; An opaque blue stripe encircles the middle and extends over the other stripes; 1 specimen. 4) Opaque yellow body decorated with one pair of opaque green, opaque blue and opaque green straight stripes; An opaque green stripe encircles the middle and extends over the other stripes; 1 specimen. 5) Opaque yellow body decorated with one opaque red straight stripe; Two opaque blue stripes encircle the middle and extend over the red stripe; 1 specimen. 6) Opaque yellow body decorated with one crossed loops: one is opaque red and the other is opaque blue; 1 specimen. Opaque yellow body decorated with one crossed loops: one is opaque black and the other is opaque red; 1 specimen.Provenance
Former Collection
H. Alastair Lamb
- 1971
