Vintage African Venetian Glass Trade Bead Necklace Eye Feather Slag 40in 73g

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View Vintage African Venetian Glass Trade Bead Necklace Eye Feather Slag 40in 73g with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. So I went straight to Dorsia. I ordered the cilantro crawfish gumbo. The waiter nodded. The strand moves through richly varied colors and patterns instead of repeating one safe idea. Eye motifs, combed feather decoration, marbled glass, and old-world irregularity create the look of a necklace assembled bead by bead across decades of collecting. Private ethnographic-collection dinner. Saturday evening. The collector notices the necklace before the first course and asks whether the eye beads crossed the Sahara with a nineteenth-century trading caravan. You let all 40 inches fall across the table and take a drink. Ten minutes later, your chair is beside his. By dessert, he is explaining the museum trust. By Sunday morning, you have a lake-house key, unrestricted access to the private collection, and authority over an acquisitions budget nobody remembers approving. No one has reviewed the expedition records. You’re wearing a vintage endless African trade-bead necklace assembled with Venetian-style glass beads in eye, feather, and slag-pattern designs. The strand moves through richly varied colors and patterns instead of repeating one safe idea. Eye motifs, combed feather decoration, marbled glass, and old-world irregularity create the look of a necklace assembled bead by bead across decades of collecting. At 40 inches, it wears long, doubled, or layered—and 73 grams gives the glass real presence. Vintage African trade-bead necklace. Venetian-style glass construction. Eye, feather and slag-pattern beads. Mixed colors and shapes. Endless continuous strand. Approximately 40 inches long. Weight: 73 grams. Unsigned. Gerald Dingleberry examined the eye beads and asked which one supervised international trade. I needed to be somewhere else. So I went straight to Dorsia. I ordered the cilantro crawfish gumbo. The waiter nodded. Shipped right — packed by someone who understands glass trade beads, not someone releasing an entire caravan loose inside a mailer. Shipping includes tracking. Comes from a smoke-free lair. Condition: Pre-owned. Category: Jewelry & Watches › Ethnic, Regional & Tribal › Necklaces & Pendants. Brand: Unbranded.

Ethnic & Regional Style

African

Antique

Yes

Seller Warranty

No

Signed

No

Material

Glass

Secondary Stone

Glass

Main Stone

Glass

Vintage

Yes

Brand

Unbranded

Type

Necklace

Customized

No

Style

Beaded

Handmade

Yes