JewelryUnidentified culture
Bead
Description
Bead; overall piriform shape, with large hole down the center. Appears to be broken at the top.
Dimensions
0.8 x 3.6 cm (5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Mrs. Charles B. Perkins, Boston, MA (by 1952), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1952.
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