Cardboard with 90 mosaic beads [8013 - 8102].
National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Cardboard with 90 mosaic beads [8013 - 8102].

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Carton with sewn-on sample beads numbers 8013 through 8102. Some elbows of dull beads.Manufacture Mosaic beads belong to the group of wound beads, called lamp made beads. These are made by hand. \Glass is wound around a piece of copper wire using pliers, after which the copper wire is pulled out. This creates the hole in the bead. The pattern in the bead is created by inlaid and melted mosaics. This is a very labour intensive process.

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