Venetian Watermelon Beads, Flattened Ovals silver amulet Very cool medium-size 15mm long

Very cool medium-size 15mm long x 17mm diameter black king bead with deep red stripe and dark yellow and green "eyes"

26 gauge wire

These are ancient glass bracelet fragments which have been excavated and drilled to make them into beads recently

highly detailed punched/stamped

Priced per piece

Venetian Watermelon Beads, Flattened Ovals silver amulet Very cool medium-size 15mm longA fun 20" strand of bright candy cane colored glass beads! Red, Blue, Green and White stripes on a flattened oval shaped bead. Beads size averages 14 17mm long by 5 4mm thick (there may be a few un squashed regular oval watermelon beads in each strand). 2mm hole. Made in the early 1900s, and traded in West Africa