Description
Acid-free plastic bag containing 42 milk blue 2.0-3.0 mm. beads. See also
1992.001.0167b (34 milk blue 3.0-4.0 mm.), and
1992.001.0167d (95 blue/white 2.0-3.0 mm.)
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.