string of beads

string of beads

string of beads

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Introduction

String of colourful beads on a thread secured with a knot. Features round beads and tube beads in various colours. Tube beads features multiculoured lines. This unusual object may be a sample of glass beads brought over from Europe to be traded with Indigenous people on the Great Lakes.

Materials

Beads (possibly glass), thread

Condition: Good
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 71.1878.32.166
GKS Reference Number: 26533
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, string of beads. Currently in the Musée du quai Branly, 71.1878.32.166. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 26533.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184