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Cylindrical bead
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Roughly cylindrical bead form with longitudinal perforation bored from both sides leaving slight median ridge; richly mottled red, brown, and yellow; irregularly cut, high luster. One of a set of nine; see F1916.384 and F1916.759 to F1916.766.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionCredit lineCylindrical bead. ca. 3300-2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
