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Any Ethnic jewelry using these beads?

Posted by Rosanna on August 8, 2011 at 5:34pm in Discussions

Greetings from California!

 

I recently acquired some of the beads in the attached picture.  There origin has been mentioned as Mauritania or Yemen, and the gold color possibly due to actual gold content.  I was hoping that someone would recognize these and provide more information.  Also, I would appreciate any information or pictures of these types of bead used in ethnic jewelry from their location of origin, wherever that may be!

 

The shown examples are about 10 x 12 mm and roughly shaped like barrels.

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  • ann March 22, 2012 at 6:41am

    I have a few strands of these Yemen brass beads and use them in my jewellery designs.  They are lovely, very heavy and some almost like silver, not brass.

  • Leonor Arnó March 21, 2012 at 9:34am

    They are really rare and beautiful! Congratulation for your adquisition!

  • Rosanna August 9, 2011 at 2:21pm
    Thanks Kathleen!  Here are pictures of the rest of the beads that appear to be of similar origin.

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  • Kathleen McCabe-Elsey August 9, 2011 at 12:58am

    Hi Rosanna

    I know these as Old Yemen beads RARE

     

     Also found on another beadsite "Yemen bronze beads that have a very bumpy (but not rough) texture. These lost wax cast beads are up to 100 years old"

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