Bead

Bead

Public Domain

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
Not on view

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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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Ring
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Gold
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Two-part Waisted Bead
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
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Two Sets of Beads
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Stone
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Necklace with beads in the form of human heads
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900–200 BC
Gold
2001.872
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Bead with Figure
100–700 AD
Gold
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Bead Assembly
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100 BC–700 AD
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Bead Assembly
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
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100–800 AD
Gold
2001.870
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Four Figural Beads from a Necklace
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite and string
2010.1312