Antique Bronze Bead Necklace with Hanging Bell Pendants and Lots of Patina, Mali - Rita Okrent Collection (C174c)

Antique Bronze Bead Necklace with Hanging Bell Pendants and Lots of Patina, Mali - Rita Okrent Collection (C174c)Antique Bronze Bead Necklace with Hanging Bell Pendants, Mali. This necklace is from the Dogon people, who live high in the cliffs of the West African savannah, and make necklaces and jewelry of iron and copper alloy using the lost wax technique. A similar necklace is found in the book, The History of Beads, by Lois Dubin, p. 122. It is estimated to be at least 150 years old, but may be several hundreds years old, from the time when western Sudanese

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Vintage Red Bicone Vaseline Glass Trade beads from Ethiopia

Strand is 25" long

It still has Rita's handwritten identification tag attached

7 1/2" tall

The beads range from 5mm to 20mm hole-to-hole with the disc measuring 30mm diameter

Ivory napkin ring

These are now collector's items as the old ones are harder to find

Faceted Russian blue

Lots of character

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