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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Waxed Linen, Foil, Aventurine
TechniqueLampworked, pressed
SizeOverall L: 37.8 cm
Accession Number91.3.275
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Physical Description34 orange and opalescent ovoid fluted spirals, lampworked; 1 ovoid foil, transparent amber with silver foil equator band; exposed foils (2 cylindrical-ovoid) transparent red or amber overlaid with silver foil, trails of amber glass; 2 circular transparent red with aventurine swirls (lampworked); 2 rhomboid transparent amethyst with amethyst swirls, lampworked, pressed; 16 circular, transparent amber glass; 2 small circular foils, 1 transparent amber, 1 transparent red. Strung on waxed linen.
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