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A string of 49 graduated, ovoid beads. Each bead is composed of blown glass coated with a thin, nacreous film on the interior then filled with wax. Strung on spun linen thread with a ribbon tie (added later).
beads (pierced objects)
wax
Jewelry
Necklace
Necklace
Gilman Garrison House (Exeter, N.H.),
Unknown
11 (H) (inches)
Bequest of William Perry Dudley
1966.1390
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