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Object NameAkoso (Crossed-Line) Bead
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1950
Place MadeGhana
TechniqueMolded powder glass
SizeOverall Diam: 4.1 cm, L: 2.6 cm
Accession Number73.3.345
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionAkoso (Crossed-Line) Bead. Yellow, brown, black, white, red, and green glass; molded powder glass. Long barrel bead; Opaque yellow body decorated with 4 series of opaque brown crossed loops, 3 opaque black dots, 2 opaque green dots, 1 compound dot of opaque blue, on opaque white on opaque green, one compound dot of opaque white on opaque red on opaque black and 1 compound dot of opaque blue, on opaque white on opaque green. Dots are made of fused Venetian seedbeads. 1 specimen.Provenance
Former Collection
H. Alastair Lamb
- 1973
