Mixed Size and Color MultiColor Ancient Excavated and Antique Glass Nila Beads, Mali - Rita Okrent Collection (AT0664) opalescent Silver Treasures from the Land

Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba"

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Weighs 33 grams including chain

Artifacts and Antiques Item 490

This handmade antique bronze pendant would have been used as an embellishment sewn on clothing as a protective talisman

Mixed Size and Color MultiColor Ancient Excavated and Antique Glass Nila Beads, Mali - Rita Okrent Collection (AT0664) opalescent Silver Treasures from the LandMixed Size and Color Multi Color Ancient and Antique Glass Beads. Some deep red beads, green nilas and long blue nila beads included. More short tube beads in this listing. Discovered in Mali. Strands vary. Your strand will be one of those in listing or will resemble them closely (being from the same group). These beads arrived in Mali via ancient trade routes to Djenne and are 600 1000 years old. They may have come from Asia and the Mediterranean as