Bead
ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-beads
Culture
Aboriginal Australian
Datelate 20th Century
Made AtAustralia
MediumDried gum fruit pod and acrylic paint
Dimensions1 1/4 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (3.2 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hilary Whittaker
Object number2012.24.1
DescriptionBicone-shaped seed bead painted with red orange and blue line designs at the top and bottom and red dots around the center circumference. There is a hole through the center of the bead, with an opening at both the top and bottom.On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1830
mid 19th - early 20th Century
1868-1926
Great Lakes