Material: Glass
Origin: Middle East
Found in: 2006, Bamako, Mali
Technique: Lampwork
Age: ~ 1200 years
Design: Drawn
Shape: Short barrel
Color/s: White, red, yellow, green
Condition: Good
Size: 16x15 mm
Perforation: 2 mm
Weight: 5 gr.
Quantity: 1 pc
Comments: 
Note the two metal caps (metal, copper, brass)
at both ends - typical for a later addition to the bead, made in Mauritania. The sense being to reduce the diameter of the original apertures for easier application of the specimen as hair-ornament.