Islamic Glass Trade ca.16th-19th Century Bead #7 sterling cross due to similarity in the

due to similarity in the sound of the word "dragonfly" and "victory" in Japanese

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

at the foot of a huge mountain

11mm x 7mm to 16mm x 9mm

Islamic Glass Trade ca.16th-19th Century Bead #7 sterling cross due to similarity in theIslamic 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.