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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass
TechniqueLampworked, mold-pressed, lustre
SizeOverall L: 43.5 cm
Accession Number91.3.657
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical Description2 opaque pink with lustre surface, circular, lampworked, solid cylindrical core with lattice surrounding; 10 transparent pink ovoid fluted twist; 13 transparent pale pink with opaque white swirls, lampworked, twisted fluted ovoid; 35 transparent pink with opaque white swirls, lampworked (3 cylindrical tabular - 29 ovoid or cylindrical or barrel - 4 spiral fluted barrel); 1 opaque coral satin encased in colorless, mold-pressed asymmetrically faceted barrel; 1 opaque white and pink swirls in colorless, dimpled, barrel shape, lampworked; 1 opaque pink and translucent white swirl, spiral faceted barrel, lampworked; 1 translucent white and pink, lampworked, cylindrical core with thick trails.
Provenance
Source Arline B. Oliphant - 1991-07-03