String of 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.

String of brown, blue, and white disc-shaped beads. The brown beads are faded. The some of the blue beads have red and dark blue stripes. The white beads have dark blue stripes.

Catalog date

1800-1968

Recorded places

West Africa, Africa

Recorded subjects

African American; Africa; Beauty culture; Clothing and dress; Commerce; Slavery; Trans-Atlantic slave trade

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