Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 1

A Classification System for Glass Beads for the Use of Field Archaeologists,

by Kenneth E. and Martha Ann Kidd

Table 3: Description of Class II Beads (Fig. 7)

7 Colour plate III. (click on image for a PDF version)


					Body	Compound Stripes
Type	Bead Number	Shape	Size	Glass	Name of Colour	Number of Stripes Style of Stripes Colour of Stripes

IIbb	IIbb1	R	L	op	Redwood	3 Brite Navy	on White
	IIbb2	F	L	op	Redwood	3 Brite Navy	on White
	IIbb3	R	L	op	Redwood	4 Brite Navy	on White
	IIbb4	R	VL	op	Redwood	3 Brite Navy	on White
	IIbb4					3 Lt. Gold
	IIbb5	R	L	op	Black	5 Thin Redwood	on White
	IIbb6	O	M	op	Black	3 Thin Redwood	on White
	IIbb7	R	VL	op	Black	3 Broad Redwood	on White
	IIbb8	R	VL	op	Black	3 Double Redwood	on White
	IIbb9	R	VL	op	Black	3 Lemon Yellow between Redwood
	IIbb10	R	VL	op	Black	3 Lemon Yellow between Redwood
	IIbb10					3 Fine Brite Navy	on White
	IIbb11	R	VL	op	Black	2 Fine Redwood	on White
						2 Redwood
						2 Amber
	IIbb12	R	M	op	White	3 Brite Navy	on Redwood
	IIbb13	O	M	op	White	3 Brite Navy	on Redwood
	IIbb14	R	M	op	White	3 Lemon Yellow	on Brite Navy (Yellow stripe
	IIbb15	O	M	op	White	3 Lemon Yellow	on Brite Navy appears green)
	IIbb16	R	M	op	White	3 Redwood	on Dk. Palm Green
	IIbb17	O	M	op	White	3 Redwood	on Dk. Palm Green
	IIbb18	R	M	op	Pale Blue	3 Redwood	on White
	IIbb19	O	M	op	Pale Blue	3 Redwood	on White
	IIbb20	R	VL	op	Mustard Tan	4 Brite Navy	on White
	IIbb20					8 Redwood (In Pairs Between Other Stripes)
	IIbb21	R	M	op	Teal Green	3 Redwood	on White
	IIbb22	R	M	op	Lt. Aqua Blue	3 Redwood	on White
	IIbb23	O	M	op	Lt. Aqua Blue	3 Redwood	on White
	IIbb24	R	M	op	Robin's Egg Blue	3 Redwood	on White
	IIbb25	O	M	op	Robin's Egg Blue	3 Redwood	on White
	IIbb26	R	M	op	Robin's Egg Blue	3 Redwood	on Lemon Yellow
	IIbb27	R	M	cl	Brite Navy	3 Redwood	on White
	IIbb28	O	S	cl	Brite Navy	3 Dk. Brown	on White
	IIbb29	F	L	cl	Dk. Rose Brown	3 Brite Navy	on White


					Body	Simple Stripes
Type	Bead Number	Shape	Size	Glass	Name of Colour	Number of Stripes Colour of Stripes

IIb'	IIb'1	R	M	op	Redwood	6 White
	IIb'2	R	S	op	Black	7 White
	IIb'3	O	M	op	Black	3 White
	IIb'4	O	L	tr	Oyster White	Numerous irregular stripes-Lt. Gold, Redwood, Ultramarine, Aqua Blue. (Marbled effect)
	IIb'5	R	M	op	White	6 Redwood
	IIb'6	O	M	op	White	6 Redwood
	IIb'7	O	M	op	White	9 Brite Navy (3 Groups of 3 Thin Lines)
	IIb'8	O	M	op	White	3 Lemon Yellow	3 Brite Navy
	IIb'9	O	L	op	Mustard Tan	6 White
	IIb'10	F	L	op	Mustard Tan	6 White
	IIb'11	R	L	op	Robin's Egg Blue	6 Redwood	(6 Stripes which had disappeared)
	IIb'12	R	M	tr	Brite Navy	4 White
	IIb'13	R	L	cl	Dk. Rose Brown	9 White (3 Groups of 3 Thin Lines)


					Body	Compound Stripes
Type	Bead Number	Shape	Size	Glass	Name of Colour	Number of Stripes Colour of Stripes

IIbb'	IIbb'1	R	L	op	Teal Green	3 Redwood	on Lemon Yellow
IIbb'	IIbb'2	R	L	op	Robin's Egg Blue	6 Redwood	on Lemon Yellow


					Body	"Melon" Beads
Type	Bead Number	Shape	Size	Glass	Name of Colour

IIe	IIe1	R	M	cl	Brite Blue	7 Ridges
IIe	IIe2	R	M	cl	Brite Blue	8 Ridges


					Body	"Flush Eye" Beads
Type	Bead Number	Shape	Size	Glass	Name of Colour	Name of Colour	Decoration

IIg	IIg1	R	M	op	Black	3 White Dots
	IIg2	O	M	op	White	3 Redwood Stars
	IIg3	R	M	op	White	3 Redwood Stars on White Dots on Brite Blue Dots
	IIg4	R	M	op	White	3 Brite Navy Dots each containing 2 White Rings
	IIg5	R	M	op	Shadow Blue	3 Redwood Dots on White Dots


					Bead with "Flush Eye" and Stripes This bead has always appeared as two joined beads
					Body	Decoration
Type	Bead Number	Shape	Size	Glass	Name of Colour	Name of Colours Description

IIh	IIh1	O	M	op	Shadow Blue	3 Redwood Stars on White Dots
						3 White Stripes between "Flush Eyes"


					"Roman" Beads
					Body	Decoration
Type	Bead Number	Shape	Size	Glass	Name of Colour	Name of Colours Description of Decoration

IIj	IIj1	R	M	op	Black	2 White Parallel Wavy Lines
	IIj2	R	L	op	Black	3 White Alternating Wavy Lines
	IIj3	R	L	op	Black	2 Lemon Yellow Alternating Wavy Lines
	IIj4	R	L	op	Black	1 Lemon Yellow between 2 White Parallel Wavy Lines
	IIj5	R	L	op	Black	2 White Spirals between 2 Lemon Yellow Spirals
	IIj6	R	M	cl	Brite Blue	2 White Alternating Wavy Lines


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