10mm Red Glass Beads Oparté Beads pretty pink with blue and

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

12mm diameter

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

Each bead is slightly different in shape

10mm Red Glass Beads Oparté Beads pretty pink with blue andCzech 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.