An extraordinary hank of nearly microscopic seed beads, I estimate size 15-22 definitely antique, most likely Venetian, collected in Africa
Only one available
The color is even more amazing, if they were larger they could be confused for the lapis micro beads coming out of Afghanistan in the 90s.
The idea of stringing these nearly 150 strands on ordinary cotton is mind- boggling - in short this is an extraordinary piece.
Could be worn as is, incorporated into a wide variety or projects or simply admired!
From the collection of Joyce Diamanti who traveled widely and collected beads starting in the early 1970s in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa, the ideal place to be for that purpose at that time.
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