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Object NameString of 19 Mixed, Multicolored Beads
Made FromGlass, Plastic-coated Wire
Date1600-1699
Place MadeNetherlands
TechniqueDrawn, tooled
SizeOverall L: about 33.5 cm
Accession Number2010.3.153
Credit LineGift of Anna and Willem Lameris
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Not On View
Physical DescriptionString of 19 Mixed, Multicolored Beads. Multi-colored opaque glass, plastic-coated wire; tooled, some beads with threaded decoration. 19 long cylindrical beads strung on plastic-coated wire. Beginning at one end, the beads are: blue with red and white stripes, black with red and white stripes, black with white stripes, black with red and white stripes, solid red, yellow ochre with red and blue stripes, red with white stripes, white with red stripes, white with red stripes, light blue with red and blue stripes, light blue with blue stripes, light blue with white stripes, light blue with red and white stripes, blue with red and white stripes, brown with red and white stripes, green with reddish patches of iridization, solid red, solid blue, and solid yellow ochre.
Provenance
Source Willem Lameris - 2010-10-18
Source Anna Laméris - 2010-10-18