Bead

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Object Name: 
Bead
Place Made: 
West Africa
Accession Number: 
73.3.344
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 3.1 cm, L: 2.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1800-1899
Primary Description: 
Yellow, black, green, brown glass; Akosu type - long barrel with a yellow body and core with a double elliptical trail pattern in black and green. Two longitudinal brown stripes.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Lamb, Alastair, Former Collection
1973
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
Yellow, black, green, brown
yellow
black
green

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Beads of Ghana
Venue(s)
Newark Museum

Publications (1)

Krobo Powder-Glass Beads (1976-04) illustrated, p. 39, fig. 31; BIB# AI14479