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Bead

Bead

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Bead
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumEmerald
Dimensions1/4 in. diameter (0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4544
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4544

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front of object
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Ring
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front of object
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Ornament
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Necklace of Snail Beads
100–800 AD
Gold
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Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads
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Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2
Bead Assembly
Unknown Central and South American
Bead Assembly
1000 BC–1600 AD
Quartz
2010.250
Pair of Beads
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Beads
100 BC–700 AD
Rock Crystal, string
2010.494
Necklace of Tiny Figural Foil Beads
Unknown Central and South American
Necklace of Tiny Figural Foil Beads
900–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4304
Two-part Waisted Bead
Unknown Central and South American
Two-part Waisted Bead
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
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Two Sets of Beads
Unknown Central and South American
Two Sets of Beads
1000 BC–1600 AD
Stone
2004.2511.1,.2
Necklace with beads in the form of human heads
Unknown Central and South American
Necklace with beads in the form of human heads
900–200 BC
Gold
2001.872
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Bead with Figure
100–700 AD
Gold
2001.1071
Bead Assembly
Unknown Central and South American
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, spondylus shell, white shell, green stone, agate, string
2010.482
Unknown Central and South American