Antique Well Worn Yellow Hebron Beads - RIta Okrent Collection (AT1910)

Antique Well Worn Yellow Hebron Beads - RIta Okrent Collection (AT1910)Graduated well worn antique Hebron beads in yellow with some greenish hues. 49 beads on this strand. 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

Yours will resemble it closely in bead size and colors

It has the look of a stone bead and may be a combination of stone and glass

symbolism and authentic Dzi beads

Mainly small smooth tubular green beads with mixed round

found in Mali

so please let me know what size beads you need

Outstanding decorative design

Circa mid 20th century or later

Stone Item 576

from China

African Item 0422z

One-of-a-kind Peruvian bead or focal pendant