Description
2 of 3 glass vials filled with green trade beads originally from acid-free plastic bag containing 1,485 green 2--3 mm green beads. From trade bead matrix
1986.008.1266/
.1267.
Beads were a staple trade good of Europeans in Africa as well as in the Americas. These beads would be traded for slaves in Africa where they were highly desirable symbols of wealth and prestige.