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Object Name18 Blue Seed Beads
Made FromGlass
DateAbout 1500
Place MadeMali, Gao-Saney
TechniqueWound
SizeAverage Bead H: .3 cm, Diam (max): .4 cm
Accession Number71.3.126-5
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description18 Blue Seed Beads. Deep blue glass; wound. Round bead. Very small. Transparent bright blue. 18 specimens.
Provenance
Source H. Alastair Lamb
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook
about 1944-1946