Medium: Glass
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1500-1800 C.E.
Dimensions: Diam. 1 × 15/16 in. (2.6 × 2.4 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 37.1437E
Image: CUR.37.1437E_view2.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Short mosaic glass bead. The bead is cylindrical in shape, with tapering ends. It is made of several colors with the separate pieces of glass being laid lengthwise. The piece is pierced from end to end for suspension. The hole at each end is surrounded by a circular area of black glass. This black glass is framed by a band of white glass, which is in turn, surrounded by an area of glass delimited by a circular saw-shaped white band marks the outer limits of the flat surface (at each end). The tapering surfaces are of red glass terminated by a zigzag shaped band of white glass. The cylindrical portion of the bead is of translucent blue glass. Beneath the blue are visible strips of white glass which are those parts of the white glass which form the zigzag-shaped bands, and which are near the surface of the blue glass. Condition: Incrustated scratches; hole running from one zigzag shaped white band to the other.