Venetian glass trade beads

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Strand of yellow-green glass beads strung on natural fiber. Beads are spherical and have a hole drilled through center. Beads are roughly the same size and shape, though there are several longer cylindrical beads. Several beads have white lines etched into exterior.

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