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Object Name15 Glass Powder Beads on an Armband
Made FromGlass
Date1920-1969
Place MadeGhana
TechniqueGlass powdered
SizeOverall H: 9 cm, W: 8 cm; Average Bead H: 1.8 cm, Diam (max): 1.7 cm
Accession Number70.3.175
Not On View
Physical Description15 Glass Powder Beads on an Armband. Yellow to grey, black and red glass; glass powdered. Cylindrical beads; 1) Opaque pale yellow to greyish body decorated with one red opaque ring that encircles the bead perpendicular to its perforation. 8 specimens. 2) Opaque pale yellow to greyish body decorated with one black opaque ring that encircles the bead perpendicular to its perforation. 6 specimens.
Provenance
Source H. Alastair Lamb - 1970