23 Beads strung together
23 Beads strung together
Place of OriginEgypt
Date1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
DimensionsL: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.364
Not on View
DescriptionStrand of twenty-three glass beads in a variety of shapes, including barrel, biconical, tubular, and dumbbell forms. Decorative motifs include inlaid white and black feather patterns, green and red zigzags, and yellow zigzags, most set against black opaque grounds.
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
possibly 1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
possibly late Roman period
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
1st Century BCE-4th Century AD
4th century - 7th century CE
2nd century BCE - 2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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