Beads

Beads

Seventeen beads : miniature vessel style; two jar shaped with five legs; one jar shaped with six legs: three jar shaped tripods; eight jar-shaped tetrapods; and three vase shaped. All are black slip painted and burnished: fifteen are incised; one tripod with conic top and one vase shaped are engraved with white pigment in engraved design. Smaller ones may be beads.
  • Object: Beads
  • Artist: -
  • Circa: -
  • Dimensions: approx. heights: 1/4" - 1/2" approx. diameters: 1/4" - 3/4"
  • Culture Area: Mesoamerica
  • Cultural Group: West Mexico
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Douglas and Mary Hallock
  • Catalog #: 95.103