Mixed Shapes Carnelian Strand Yoruba mixed metals and enamel pendant

mixed metals and enamel pendant

Vintage 1920's Czech-made hank of hematite gunmetal bugle beads

35mm x 25mm with a 2mm hole

There’s a small

These are heavy cast bronze beads that are over 100 years old

Mixed Shapes Carnelian Strand Yoruba mixed metals and enamel pendant28" strand of tabular, cylindrical, round, and bear claw shaped carnelian stone, finely cut and drilled in Idar Oberstein, Germany, and traded in Mali, West Africa in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Tabular are 32mm diameter x 6mm thick; Cylinders are 17mm diameter x 36mm tall; 2 20mm diameter round beads, 2 34mm tall x 5mm thick bear claws in the center. This is an excellent example of German Idar Oberstein stone cutting, material mined in Brazil.