Islamic Glass Trade ca.16th-19th Century Bead #7 sterling cross bringing people who were sick

bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits

11mm x 7mm to 16mm x 9mm

Holiday Yeti Glass Ornament

see "Saints and Sinners: Mexican Devotional Art" edited by James Caswell (The California Heritage Museum

32" (Beaded Section 27")

Islamic Glass Trade ca.16th-19th Century Bead #7 sterling cross bringing people who were sickIslamic Glass Trade ca. 16th 19th Century Bead #7 Measures approx. 24mm x 20mm Material: Beautifully hand wound and folded glass creating an almost "textile fallen robe" effect. The trade of glass beads has long been assumed to have been under Islamic dominance during the early centuries following the Arab conquest of the Middle East, judged by the prevalence of Islamic beads in the archaeological contexts from Viking Scandinavia to medieval Morocco.