Bead

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Object Name: 
Bead
Place Made: 
Africa
Accession Number: 
71.3.47
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 3.7 cm, L: 2.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1800-1899
Primary Description: 
Yellow, grey glass; Akosu type - long barrel with yellow ground and grey core. Double ellipse pattern in red, brown and third color missing.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Lamb, Alastair, Former Collection
1971
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
Yellow, grey
yellow

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Beads of Ghana
Venue(s)
Newark Museum

Publications (1)

Glass Beads of Ghana (2008) illustrated, p. 3; BIB# 107119