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ANTIQUE TRADE BEADS 23 " STRAND w/ CORAL. VERY OLD VENETIAN/ AFRICAN
$ 150.98
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Description
~ANTIQUE TRADE BEADS~A
STRAND
w/ CORAL AS A CENTERPIECE
These incredibly varied and ancient trade beads were purchased at a small art gallery
just north of Santa Cruz California nearly
22
years ago. The quality of their offerings was just incredible with many items being very valuable, old ethnic Antiques.
At the center is a large red coral which is very old. There is one chevron bead which is so worn that it is flat at both ends (centuries of wear).
Notable are the very round bright yellow beads, the light yellow orange outside the coral as well as Venetian Oval, Okoso Bodom African,
King Bicone -Ghana, solid glass Russian, and others which I cannot identify.
Red white heart beads are
interspaced through out.
Some beads are so rare that I have never seen them before.
The entire strand measures
23
inches from end to end.
There are 105 beads in all.