Especially nice strand of 49 green and blue green Hebron (aka Kano) beads
These antique wound beads range in size form 8x10mm to 17x26mm
Overall they're in great shape although the color will likely look much brighter if they are gently washed with dishwashing liquid and a nail brush
Made in Hebron near Jerusalem, by bead-makers who emigrated from Tyre in present day Syria. Dead Sea salt was used as the alkali in their glass mix.
The industry thrived from the 12th century until 1878 exporting beads throughout the region.
The beads are still treasured in Sudan, where yellow is the favored color and the most common. Green and Blue-Green and Blue are much rarer and much more popular in Europe and the US.
Hebron beads eventually made their way across the Sahara and ended up in the Nigerian trading town of Kano - hence their alternate name. Hausa traders carried them from there to markets around West Africa.
See PDX-14 for a similar strand and for yellow Hebron beads see JSD-136 or JSD-794
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