EARLY Russian Blue bronze & venetian 36" strand Antique African Trade Beads

Description

This item is from a large, three generation collection of Native American art and artifacts from the estate of Bernard Clayton Conger. Conger was an avid collector of beads, points, pipes, effigys pottery and other items. He
traveled from the Eastern US first to California and then to southern Oregon. Part of his collection was pictured in 'Who's Who in Indian Relics No. 7 1988
edition. His collection consisted of his own personal finds as well as his father's and grandfather's collections. He also had Mississippian pottery from Roy Pohler's collection, a few pieces of which I'll be selling. Please see my other auctions for more unique pieces from this estate.
Offered here is a strand of large antique bronze, venetian and Russian blue
beads from the BERNARD CONGER Collection. These beads are from the Central Valley in CA, and were procured from the Doc Johnson collection.
As you can see, this is a collector QUALITY strand. It is very early, beautiful, and with tons of
character - with 50 faceted Russian Blue beads (avg 8-10mm) 5
unfaceted
, 22 bronze Yoruba? avg 10mm) and 18 black, yellow, green and white wound Venetian beads (avg 12-15mm). The strand measures approx. 36" long.
It is an extremely nice strand. It is guaranteed 100% authentic, from the collection of a recognized collector, Bernard Conger.
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