Uncut glass tubular bead

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

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Northeast Woodlands Indigenous peoples in the 18th and early 18th centuries decorated their clothing and other personal items with glass beads that they received in trade from Europeans.  The tubes pictured here were to be cut into beads.

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Details

Item typeExchange Medium, Currency
CreatorEuropean
Datecirca 1670
TopicCommerce, Business, Trade, Consumerism
Native American
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
MaterialGlass
Dimension detailsHeight: 3.75 in
Catalog #1985.0835a
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European. Uncut glass tubular bead. ca. 1670. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1985-0835a/. Accessed on November 21, 2024.

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