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Pendant in the Shape of a Man’s Head. Translucent aquamarine, opaque brick-red, opaque white, and translucent deep blue glass; rod-formed, trailed, tooled. Large pendant bead in the shape of a bearded head, buff core with applied loop on top, face modeled, eyes lined with deep blue, eyebrows and curls across top of head and vertically ribbed beard of same glass, lips applied over beard, jewelry highlights of opaque white in center of forehead and above and below ear.
Exhibitions (3)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2013-05-18 through 2014-01-05
For 30,000 years, mankind has crafted beads from natural materials. With the discovery of glassmaking in the second millennium B.C., glass began to be used for this same purpose.
Glass beads are universal. They have been produced throughout the 35 centuries of glass manufacturing, and by nearly every culture in the world. The glass beads and beaded objects on view in this exhibition are arranged thematically, comparing the manner in which diverse cultures have utilized beads, frequently for the same purposes, but sometimes for unique reasons. These themes explore how glass beads adorn the body and our possessions; how they convey messages about power and wealth, and identify the stages of human life; how they serve ritual purposes, as well as decorate clothing and objects used in rituals; and how they have been employed across the centuries as a means of exchange, both commercial and cultural. Through the centuries, beads have been made using a variety of processes. Understanding how beads were made has allowed scholars to follow the transmission of beads and beadmaking techniques across the globe.
Across time and around the world, glass beads have become a common element of mankind. Through their manufacture and function, they are one of the strings that bind humanity together. “Life on a String” celebrates this common bond while also revealing the distinctiveness of different societies through their use of glass beads to celebrate their unique cultural heritage.

A Touch of Glass
Venue(s)
Explorers Hall, National Geographic Society 1995-02-15 through 1995-09-15

Glass Jewelry: 25 Centuries of Style
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1991-09-24 through 1991-10-26
Publications (16)
Glassworks: The Art of Frederick Birkhill (2020)
illustrated, p. 30;
Ancient and Islamic Glass: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2019)
illustrated, pp. 32-34;
Il Vetro a Lume = Lampworking (2018)
illustrated, v. 1, p. 15 (fig. 1);
Connections & innovation: from Brooklyn to Corning: 150 Years of Glassmaking in Corning, New York, 1868-2018 (2018)
illustrated, p. 4 (top left);
Glass Beads: Selections from The Corning Museum of Glass (2013)
illustrated, p. 11, no. 3;
BIB# 134720
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 13;
BIB# 68214
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997)
p. 164, #285; p. 350, #285;
BIB# 58895
Human Heritage (1984)
p. 86, ill.;
Les pendentifs en verre sur noyau des pays de la méditerranée antique (1982)
p. 104 (no. 8);
BIB# 23059
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979)
illustrated, pp. 110-111, #222, pl. 13;
BIB# 29547
Masterpieces of Glass (Ceramic Age) (1955)
p. 58, ill.;
Multimedia (1)

Flameworked Beads
Video