Description : Africa, mid 20th century CE. A striking necklace comprised of dozens of beautiful translucent tubular beads of ruby red hues, sunflower yellow glass seed beads, as well as a variety of tumbled ocean glass beads of sea green, cerulean blue, plum purple, magenta, crimson red, and golden yellow hues - all arranged in an attractive symmetrical design. A lovely piece of wearable art! Size: 26 L (66 cm), largest bead measures .625 L (1.6 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Orange County, California, USA collection
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About the lot N° 133C Title : Glass Trade Bead Necklace Size : 26 L (66 cm) Condition report : Chips and surface nicks to several of the red tubular glass beads. Nice deposits on some of the rough hewn ocean glass beads. Yellow seed beads are in excellent condition. Strung in modern times and set with modern gold-filled findings. Artemis Gallery, auctioneer, Louisville, USIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Ethnographic | Tribal | American Frontier Sale date : 14 Nov 2019It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale