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The Frost Trade Bead Collection Gallery

Larger Beads

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Foil-wrapped and Plain Glass Beads

Beads 408-440 were used by Native Americans to decorate objects in the ISM Anthropology Collection. The bright blue beads were particularly favored by Plains tribes and peoples of the western U.S.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
Photographed by Gary Andrashko, ISM
ISM Accession #: 1941-0083

Foil-wrapped and Plain Glass Beads

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