Nueva Cadiz Variation, Blue-Green, Multi-Layer, Square Cross-Section, 50x12mm
SKU: JSD-1352
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Description
- Unusual medium size Nueva Cadiz bead 50x12mm
- This bead is larger than those traded to the Americas in the 1500s-1700s (mostly Peru, but some also found at colonial Jamestown in VA), and smaller than most traded to Africa in the 1800s
- All were a turquoise color, but this has more green in the mix than the others. However, the process is the same: It's a drawn multi-layer bead darker glass at the core, surrounded by a lighter layer, and finally a darker translucent layer. The other versions had more distinct color variations, including a white middle layer.
- This bead has significant chip at one end
- Made in Europe 1800s, possibly Venice, but recent glass analysis has traced some Nueva Cadiz beads to Spanish or Belgian bead making sites.
- Named after a 16th century Spanish Port off the Coast of Venezuela where the 15th century version was first identified by archeologists.
- From the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator