Ancient Dark Aqua Blue Tradewind Glass Beads Ruby Zoisite This is a nice and

This is a nice and heavy heavy lost wax cast bronze bead with concentric spirals and open cut-outs

Sizes from range from 5-7mm diameter

They were excavated around the ancient trading city of Djenné (which is near Timbuktu) in the country of Mali

one of a kind

Antique cobalt blue glass bead with undulating white stripes and yellow "eyes"

Ancient Dark Aqua Blue Tradewind Glass Beads Ruby Zoisite This is a nice and25" strand of ancient tradewind beads made in China and traded all over South Asia . This lovely strand of very uniform dark aqua blue opaque beads is a rare find indeed! Beads are approximately 3mm long x 3mm diameter with very small . 5 1mm holes.