Antique Brick and Blue & White Striped Bonda Beads, India hand 28mm long x 18mm wide

28mm long x 18mm wide x 5mm thick

Nice patina

Oval shapes of calcified blue glass

vintage 1970's Afghanistan

often referred to as Hudson Bay Trade beads

Antique Brick and Blue & White Striped Bonda Beads, India hand 28mm long x 18mm wideExtra long 42 44 inch strand of irregular brick brown mixed with blue & white striped glass beads (A few yellow) from the Bondo Tribe of the state of Odisha (formerly Orissa), an eastern Indian state on the Bay of Bengal. These beads are about 200 years old! Average bead size is 1 1. 5mm, about a size 10 11 seed bead with a . 5mm hole. The Bonda tribe is one of the oldest and most primitive in mainland India, their culture has changed little for more