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Venetian glass trade beads
Unidentified
Strand of different colored trade beads made of varying materials. Beads are made of glass and other organic materials. Beads vary in both color, size, and shape. Majority of beads are quite small.
- Date
- ca. 16th or 17th century
- Type
- trade beads
- Medium
- Venetian glass, organic material
- Department
- NMAAHC
- Institution
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- nmaahc_2014.312.28
- Credit
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey