These beads are created in a multi-step process just like and other blue chevron bead, but then for some reason the ends are pinched so you barely see the 4 layer chevron pattern inside
These beads are usually made in green glass and it's the points of the white stars underneath the outer layer that give these beads their watermelon-like stripes.
Somebody must have decided to try it in blue, but these are rare so I guess it didn't catch on.
Made in Venice, Italy, early 1900s for the African trade
Only one set available
To read more about the long history of chevron beads see the entry for AFT-199
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