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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Waxed Linen, Foil
TechniqueLampworked
SizeOverall L: 37.2 cm
Accession Number91.3.292
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical DescriptionString of 100 glass beads. 32 foils, circular transparent turquoise blue core with band of silver foil with overlay of transparent turquoise trails, lampworked, graduating sizes; 48 colorless faceted bicones in graduating sizes; 12 colorless barrel discs; 1 colorless with opaque white swirls in spiral fluted shape; 6 colorless alternating facets; 1 ovoid twisted rectangle with opaque white satin encased with colorless. Strung on waxed linen.
Provenance
Source Arline B. Oliphant - 1991-07-03
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