The Frost Trade Bead Collection Gallery
Larger Beads
Millefiori and Chevron Beads
Beads 641-649 and 651-660 are almost identical to 17th - early 19th century beads in the ISM Anthropology Collection, excavated in Illinois, most commonly at French Colonial sites.
The larger millefiori beads (639-640, 650) are among the types that Stephen A. Frost & Son exported to Africa.Collection of the Illinois State Museum
Photographed by Gary Andrashko, ISM
ISM Accession #: 1941-0083
