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Ancient Glass Beads
Unknown600-100 BC
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
Neenah, Wisconsin, United States
The origin of these beads is unknown, but they are thought to have come from a Middle Eastern territory. The glass patterned beads are made of millefiori canes or mosaic cane patterns used in glass in Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire and the Islamic world.
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Details
- Title: Ancient Glass Beads
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 600-100 BC
- Location: possibly Ancient Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: h39.5 x w1.37 cm, largest bead: h1.21 x w1.37 cm
- Type: Beaded Necklace
- External Link: Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
- Medium: Glass millefiori beads, pink quartz and gold
- Object ID: PW 1958.227.227
- Credit Line: Bequest of Evangeline H. Bergstrom
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