Artisan made black and white African trade bead necklace featuring Mali popular wedding beads and Czech snake beads

Artisan made African trade bead necklace featuring Mali wedding beads and Czech snake beads

This stunning African trade beads feature 4 types of Czech glass beads
-black and white beads
-Claw shaped glass Mali wedding beads in translucent and opaque black and white glass
-teardrop shaped Mali wedding beads in translucent and opaque black and white glass
-small black Czech snake beads - black color are rare and hard to find.
-One large rare black faceted geodesic central bead

All beads are glass and are from Czechoslovakia
-all beads are over 100 years old

Construction of necklace is modern; handmade by an artisan with an attractive clasp
Necklace measures unclasped end to end = 27"

African Trade beads are decorative popular beads that were used as currency between the end of the 15th century thru the 20th century