bead

Object NameString of 102 Beads

Made FromGlass

Date250-552

Place MadeJapan

TechniqueTube cut

SizeBrownish-red H: 0.4 cm, Diam: 0.5 cm; Dark Blue H: 0.4 cm, Diam: 0.7 cm; Turquoise-blue (max) H: 0.4 cm, Diam: 0.8

Accession Number62.6.3

Credit LineGift of Dorothy Blair

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionNinety eight opaque brownish red beads, plus one dark blue and three turquoise blue beads; tube cut. What seem to be longitudinal dark stripes in these beads is in reality transparent colorless glass; some stripes are prominent, some scarcely discernible.
Provenance

Source Dorothy Blair - 1962-04-23

Former Collection Kaoru Nagase