19th Century Venetian White Hearts with Inlaid Floral Vines Pattern Strand / Necklace

19th Century Venetian White Hearts with Inlaid Floral Vines Pattern Strand / NecklaceThese extravagantly beautiful beads with a startlingly finely detailed Floral Vines pattern inlaid into a deep rose red base bead which was spun over a hand wound white base bead, creating one of the most complex of Trade Beads; a Two Layer Inlaid Floral "White Heart". Fashioned by hand in the mid 19th in Venice and brought to Ethiopia, East Africa as Trade Beads. They became treasured high level Prestige Bead Currency and Dowry Wealth. Originally

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These charming Lord Ganesha folk art figures are fondly nicknamed "Taxicab Ganeshas" as they appear on the dashboards of taxi drivers throughout South East Asia

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and have been lovingly restrung by our New York City staff

distracting humans from practicing the Buddhist Dharma through making the mundane seem alluring

Nang Kwak Thai Goddess of Bringing Wealth and Happiness Statue

Length approx : Bead to Bead 4"/String to String 5

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the more saturated blues tend to have a higher value

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