Antique Well Worn Green and Yellow Hebron Beads - RIta Okrent Collection (AT1905)

Antique Well Worn Green and Yellow Hebron Beads - RIta Okrent Collection (AT1905)Graduated well worn antique Hebron beads. Mostly green with 4 yellow beads and 1 blue bead. Hebron beads were traditionally made using sand from the village of Bani Na'im and sodium carbonate from the Dead Sea. From the 18th to the mid 19th century, Hebron became a major center for producing glass beads specifically for trade, particularly in Africa. These beads were widely traded in West Africa, especially in Kano, Nigeria. The Yoruba people in this

Collector Item 353

SOLD: Rare large antique conch shell ornament

30 + grams

Sourced in Jerusalem from an old silver collection (hidden deep in a drawer of a dealer in the Old City)

Antique and Vintage Item 652

from the rich artistic traditions of previous Mali civilizations

but originally from the Siwa Oasis in Egypt

Mixed shapes

Cobalt blue rounded Indo-Pacific / nila beads with silver / gold washed Mauritanian spacers

glass eye beads

Carnelian pendant measures 20mm wide by 16mm tall

Available in a few variations: graduated bicones (small through large)