Rare White Glass Venetian Beads With Pink native american a useful design element

a useful design element

Cheyenne pink

smallest being 17mm x 8mm to largest at 37mm x 11mm with very small holes

Beads are black with red

16mm top to point

Rare White Glass Venetian Beads With Pink native american a useful design elementStrand of rare white glass beads, Venetian made in the early mid 1800's and traded in East Africa. White with pink lines and blue dots. Some wear, pitting and cracks in these obscure beads due to their age, average size 12mm in diameter with 2mm holes. Photo shows the variety and condition of these beads, sold by the strand, 24 inches long, 56 beads on the strand. Some people call these "Medicine Man" beads. They were purchased recently in Ethiopia.