Mixed Color Antique Glass Nila Bead Strand, Dark Blue with Some Green, Mali - Rita Okrent Collection (AT0648)

Mixed Color Antique Glass Nila Bead Strand, Dark Blue with Some Green, Mali - Rita Okrent Collection (AT0648)Antique blue Nila bead strand with some green mixed in, found in Timbuktu. Circa approximately 1200 1600 AD. Approximate 24" of beads. Bead sizes range from 3 5mm. Nila beads are small monochrome Islamic glass beads than can be found in colors ranging mostly from blue, green and white to yellow that are widespread in West Africa. They are also referred to as Indo Pacific or Trade Winds beads, in reference to the winds that, for centuries, were used by

Weighs 20 grams

These are newly made earrings

Antiquity Item 020

Artifacts and Antiques 199

This is a wearable necklace that weighs approximately 7 ounces and does not make ringing noise when you walk as the ringers are no longer present

Fairly large at 5

Color of beads may be residue embedded from red soil

Probably purchased in Iran in the 1980's

Antique and Vintage Item 190

with copal focal bead

Antiquity Item 117c

collected by Rita in the 1980׳s