Antique Venetian Chevron Star Trade Bead STRAND 5 Layer-RED,WHITE,BLUE-44 beads

Description

a full strand of antique Venetian chevron beads
composed of five layers of colored glass
From the 17th or18th century Venice, Italy
exported to West Africa or the Americas
There are 44 beads total
all approximately 5/8" in diameter
and range in length from 1/4" to 5/8"
the total strand length is 25". Total weight is 9.6 oz
I owned a bead shop in Ohio in the late 1970's and itinerate African traders would travel from bead shop--to- bead shop across the country in a van full of African Trade Beads.
This is from some of the 1,000's of strands I selected...but never separated them because of their finer quality. One bead is broken..see last photo
there are almost not pits or chips ..actually I don't see any...but am saying almost ...just in case
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