10mm Red Glass Beads Oparté Beads 62mm tall x 44mm wide

62mm tall x 44mm wide x 6mm thick (hollow) with a 2mm tube bail at the top and and two 4mm loops

a graduated strand with 9 pendants

pretty pink with blue and white polka dot glass bead from the late 1700s or early 1800s

Each bead is slightly different in shape

There are 48 beads per strand

10mm Red Glass Beads Oparté Beads 62mm tall x 44mm wideCzech 1930's pressed transparent ruby red glass beads traded in Nigeria, West Africa. There are several orange transparent glass beads sprinkled in, as well as several barrel shape beads. Approximately 54 beads per strand, 1 1 2 2mm hole, 24 inch strand with 19 inches of beads. These could be worn as they are, strung in trade bead fashion with native rafia grass. A few damaged beads here and there, otherwise good condition.