Middle Eastern and Venetin Glass Beads — Augusto Panini

Dimension:

23X19

Decoration:

Stripe Decorations

Processing:

Lamp Beads

Book Reference:

fig.173 | p.173

King beads with longitudinal trails and inset polychrome transverse linear trails, destined for export to Western Africa.

Biggest Bead Dimension:

23X19

Decoration:

Stripe Decorations

Processing:

Lamp Beads

Book Reference:

fig.256 | p.291

King beads (as they appeared in Northern European merchants’ catalogues, or gololo as they were called in the markets of Western Africa), which make up the six strands shown here, were important beads in the African trade for gold, as noted on a sample card of the Moses Lewin Levin company of London.