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Object Name2 Spherical Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1300 BCE
Place Madeprobably Egypt
Techniquewound, trail-decorated, applied
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number54.1.142
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAmethyst glass (?) appearing black with trails of opaque white, pitted, dull surface; wound and trail-decorated. Identical beads roughly spherical of "black" glass each decorated with three horizontal stripes which run horizontally as the suspension hole, a small dot of white glass is applied in the center of each segment.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976) - 1954-07-01