RARE 5 LAYER BLUE AND WHITE VENETIAN STAR CHEVRON BEAD GROUP ca. 1590's - 1640 For Sale

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7 LAYER BLUE AND WHITECHEVRON BEAD GROUP ca. 1590's - 1640

The item for sale is a set of 18 rare blue and white chevron bead from America in good intactcondition.

Your itemsare genuine and originally found in America and purchased from a Specialist America Collector,

Reference The"History of Trade Beads" By O. Ned Eddis, Archaeological Society Org. Plate 10,

bottom left and centre left for examples (Mike Albanese collection)

RARE 7 LAYER BLUE AND WHITE VENETIAN STAR CHEVRON BEAD GROUP ca.1590's - 1640's.

The aristocrats of the glass beads are the Chevron or Rosetta. They are also called Rosary or Star beads.

The word "bead" is derived from the old English word "bedu" meaning prayer.

These Paternoster beads are multi-layered and corrugated to produce a star pattern on the ends which often result in stripes on the outside. The original Chevron bead had seven layers. This hand-faceted bead was difficult to make, and in order to meet the demand, variations were made with as few as four layers. These new variations were tumbled instead of being hand-faceted to speed-up the process. The most common Chevrons are the blue, red, and white combination. Green and white (referred to as "water melon" beads) , or red and white, Chevrons are rare. Father DeSmet carried these beads in his work with the Plains and Northwest Indian tribes, but there is no evidence Chevron beads were used during the Indian fur trade period as a trade item.

A nice collectionsee the photographs for colour.

These are rare variants. Dull matt finish due to age and usage wear.

The 19 graduated beads measures largest 14 mm wide down to 8 mm wide by 8 mm high approx.

Weighs 21 grams.

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