Cylinder shaped mosaic glass trade bead millefiore yellow blue and red

Trade Bead

African

16th - 19th century

  • Titles Trade Bead (Descriptive)
  • Medium glass
  • Dimensions 7/8 × 1/2 in. Diam. (2.2 × 1.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Michael Moody, AFI.148.2015
  • Work Type bead
  • Classification Costume

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