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Object NameAkoso Bead
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1950
Place MadeWestern Africa
TechniqueMolded powder glass
SizeOverall H: 2.4 cm, Diam (max): 1.4 cm
Accession Number71.3.45
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionGreen, dark gray glass; Akosu type - long double bicone with a green body with longitudinal thin stripes in pink and brown. Pink under magnification proves itself to be made out of a series of pink bands, as if a cane. Dark gray core visible at one end.
Provenance
Former Collection H. Alastair Lamb - 1971
Allegria (Happiness) Bottle
Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso Glassworks
designed in 1952
paperweight
Cristalleries de Baccarat
1930