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Object NameClub-Shaped Bead
Made FromGlass
Datelate 1000-1 BCE
Place Madeprobably Egypt
Techniquetooled, inlayed, applied, polished
SizeOverall L: 2.6 cm
Accession Number54.1.147-5
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent yellow-brown glass appearing black, translucent deep blue glass, opaque white, opaque yellow, and turquoise glass; formed on a core or wire, trail decorated, tooled. An earplug of dark blue glass spirally wound with opaque white trail finished with a rim of turquoise.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)