Porous Antique Coral Strand, Nigeria hindu goddesses traded throughout West Africa

traded throughout West Africa

Most are 4mm diameter with some larger beads (the glass  beads are not antique)

22" strand of hollow

and it has been enhanced sometime in the early 1900s (the upper and lower half of the bead has been spruced up with paint of some sorts)

Porous Antique Coral Strand, Nigeria hindu goddesses traded throughout West AfricaEleven inch long strand of beautiful antique coral beads from Nigeria, more than 100 years old. Strand weighs 48. 3 grams, size ranging 6 16mm diameter, and 7 14mm long. The porosity in these coral beads lends to wonderful design creations, and are much less expensive than the finer non porous coral in today's marketplace.