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Plate VC Bodom: Top: Old beads of the bodom family; the left and center beads show inlaid-type decoration (John Picard collection; photo: Jamey D. Allen). Bottom: Classic old bodom bicone from Ghana with dark core and flowing cruciform design suggesting hot-working techniques (photo: Robert K. Liu). Plate VD Bodom: Top: Beads of the bodom family, both old and new, including those with inlaid European beads. Note the rare decorated core in the lower left. Bottom: Bodom with a dark core of scrap glass(?) (right) and without (left). The central bead is old; the others are new style (Stanfield collection; photos: Robert K. Liu). Plate VIA Boc/0111O: ld beads of the boc/0111fa mily. Top: From the left: small old bodom; inlaid green akoso; yellow bodo111; rare light blue boc/0111B. ottom: From the left: akoso with inlaid fragments; unusual yellow specimen with stripes; adepoade (zigzag) bodom; unusual akoso (John Picard collection; photos: Jamey D. Allen). Plate VIB Boe/om: Top: Akoso beads from Ghana. The bottom row is African made; the top row is European. Bottom: Stages of bodom construction- left, a preformed Plate VIC Bodom: Top: Unusual cored beads (John Picard collection; photo: Jamey D. Allen). Bottom: Shiny yellow beads suggesting hot-working from Ghana (Stanfield collection; photo: Robert K. Liu). Plate VID Boc/0111T: op: Seamless beads made from bottle glass in Ghana by Cedi at Odumase-Krobo. Bottom: Seamless eye beads made by the brother of Ransford Tetteh at Odumase-Krobo (Stanfield collection; photos: Robert K. Liu).
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