Venetian Faceted Beads trade winds four large cut-glass "stones" (9mm

four large cut-glass "stones" (9mm diameter) and three smaller ones (4mm diameter)

22mm long x 21mm tall x 4mm thick (hollow)

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

28" strand of funky

Heavy (67 grams) and thick with wonderful workmanship

Venetian Faceted Beads trade winds four large cut-glass "stones" (9mmVenetian 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!