Strand of 52 Kodama (Small Beads)

Object Name: 
Strand of 52 Kodama (Small Beads)

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Object Name: 
Strand of 52 Kodama (Small Beads)
Place Made: 
Japan
Accession Number: 
62.6.7-II
Dimensions: 
Overall (max) H: 0.4 cm, Diam: 0.4 cm; Bore Diam: 0.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
250-552
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy Blair
Web Description: 
Some Japanese tombs contained thousands of these beads deposited as gifts for the dead.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Mizuhara, Iwataro, Former Collection
Iwatsu, Masaemon, Former Collection
Blair, Dorothy, Source
1962-03-23
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
Translucent grayish-blue
Technique: 
beadmaking
Material: 
glass
clay

Description

Primary Description: 
Strand of 52 Kodama (Small Beads). Translucent grayish-blue glass; beadmaking. Various shapes, some almost tubular, but short, some slightly rounded out; ends flat and rough (unpolished); pitted on surfaces; traces of clay and red pigment from the burial.

Publications (1)

A History of Glass in Japan (1973) p. 79, pl. 57; p. 361; BIB# 27425

Objects in Set (3)

6 Small Beads (kodama)
Date:250-552
Accession Number:62.6.7-I
7 Beads (marudama)
Date:250-552
Accession Number:62.6.7-III
 
65 Beads
Date:250-552
Accession Number:62.6.7