Venetian Faceted Beads trade winds 28" strand of funky

28" strand of funky

These colorful beads run from a deep forest green to olive greens

Opaque pink and dark blue inter-locking 5mm x 9mm x 10mm glass made to resemble more traditional bone snake vertebrae beads

This rare bead has been worn smooth with age and has very minor chipping

With a double row of carnelian set stones

Venetian Faceted Beads trade winds 28" strand of funkyVenetian Cheyenne pink faceted beads, deep color, from the early 1800's or late 1700's. Cheyenne pink, in surprisingly good condition, 11mm diameter. These beads were made one at a time, lamp wound in Italy and then, by popular design, ground down to make flattened facets in Nigeria. Hole size is about 2mm. This type is extremely rare!