Accession Number

1986.008.3309

Description

Two containers with bugle style beads. One container has a intact bugle bead and the other container has bugle remains. 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.