bead
Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Waxed Linen, Foil
TechniqueLampworked, pinched, wound
SizeOverall L: 34.7 cm
Accession Number91.3.339
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description15 foils - 4 band of silver foil encased in transparent turquoise, triangular barrel, lampworked - 4 opaque blue with silver foil trail encased in transparent light blue, circular polygonal, lampworked - 7 silver foil encased in transparent turquoise, lampworked, ovoid tabular, pinched; 52 transparent gold cylindrical discs; 2 transparent turquoise faceted ovoids; 7 transparent turquoise with opaque blue spirals, ovoid, wound, lampworked; 15 circular transparent pale blue with opaque white spirals, wound; 5 blue circular with opaque white spirals, wound; 4 medium blue with opaque white spirals (2 barrel, 2 ovoid, 6 paneled); 2 transparent turquoise barrels with large facets; 3 dark transparent turquoise circular. Strung on waxed linen.Provenance
Source
Arline B. Oliphant
- 1991-07-03
