Glass Beads with Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

Glass Beads with Pendant by Kōbō Abe. The necklace comprises numerous small to medium-sized beads of varying shapes and sizes, predominantly spherical, strung together. The beads are a uniform blue-green color and appear to be made of glass. They range from translucent to semi-transparent with visible speckles. A larger, irregularly shaped pendant bead is positioned at the bottom center. The background is a solid gray color.