Antique Venetian beads made late 1800s or early 1900s for the African trade
Chevrons have been considered so valuable that even when they broke, they were salvaged. Each of these pieces looks like about 1/2 of a bead. One end is flat, the other slightly rounded.
I suggest buying 2 and using them on either side of a larger bead - such as African Amber, Moroccan metal, Mali Spindle Whorls, etc. The edges have all been smoothed down.
This was likely done in Africa, but it's possible that beads that broke during the grinding process, or had flaws like trapped bubbles that became obvious while grinding were salvaged this way before they were ever shipped to Africa.
To learn more about the history of the famous chevron bead, see AFT-199
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