9 Beads

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Object Name: 
9 Beads
Place Made: 
West Africa
Accession Number: 
73.3.337
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 1.8 cm, L: 1.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1800-1899
Primary Description: 
Yellow glass; Akosu type - cylindrical with yellow body and eye spot decoration.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Lamb, Alastair, Former Collection
1973
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
yellow

Publications (1)

Krobo Powder-Glass Beads (1976-04) illustrated, p. 37, fig .21; BIB# AI14479