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Object NameBead

Made FromGlass

Date800-899 or later

Techniquetooled, with millefiori decoration

SizeOverall H: (through perforation) 1.3 cm, Diam: 1.4 cm

Accession Number54.1.151-3

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Physical DescriptionDeep green transparent (matrix); white, yellow, and red, all opaque (cane slices). Slices of pre-formed canes embedded in matrix and formed around rod. Rather irregular spheroid bead with central perforation (D. 0.2 cm). Matrix contains seven cane slices, some rather distorted, with circular yellow core surrounded by concentric circles of red and white.
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