Strand of Small Chartreuse Majapahit Beads peanut beads 80mm x 54mm

80mm x 54mm

light-weight fluted beads made in India over 100 years ago

Imitation amber cubes made from a translucent organic-based plastic-like substance made in Europe and traded in Ethiopia in the 1930s and 40s

Strand of new Indian silver beads

Low silver content boxy pendant from Morocco’s Berber tribe

Strand of Small Chartreuse Majapahit Beads peanut beads 80mm x 54mm22" strand of small, medium, and large size (11 21mm diameter) Chartreuse Majapahit beads These glass beads are somewhere between 500 700 years old. They are lovely things made in and around Java Indonesia and traded by the Chinese all over South Asia. Nowadays they are often lumped in with other Tradewind beads. While some of the beads still have their smooth finish, most of the ones on this strand have been damaged by time and are pitted and cracked