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Object Number 2003.1.215
Display Title Glass trade bead
Descriptions
Object Description Glass trade bead
Inventory Description Bead, blue with red, white, yellow swirls, broken
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Materials Glass
Dimensions Overall: 1 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm (3/8 x 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2003.1.215

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