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European glass trade beads by Unknown — VisualArtsDB

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European glass trade beads

European glass trade beads

European glass trade beads

1700

Medium: glass, cotton
Genre: Trade beads
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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businessClothing and dressBeauty cultureslaveryTrans Atlantic slave trade

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Strand of semi-translucent white beads strung on natural fiber. Beads are spherical in shape with holes drilled through center. Beads are all roughly the same size. Beads are drilled through center.

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