necklace

Object NameRitual Necklace

Made FromGlass, Silk, Wood

Date1868-1912

Place MadeJapan, Ryukyu, Okinawa

TechniqueMolded, tube-cut, coiled techniques

SizeTubular Beads H: about 2.8 cm; Spherical Beads Diam (max): 2.8 cm

Accession Number61.6.53

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionVarious glasses: chiefly colorless and bubbly, but also turquoise-blue, dark blue, amber, opaque white, aventurine, red and blackish; molded, tube-cut and coiled techniques. Spherical-shape and tubular beads interspersed with colorless glass magatama and spherical-shape wooden beads; in center, a black silk tassel, a few of the larger beads, one colorless bead with inclusions of green areas, a band of aventurine glass, and another of milk-white glass splashed with red and spots of opaque white.
Provenance

Source Dorothy Blair - 1961-04-03