American Indian Weapons, Jewelry, Rugs & Western September Sale
Sat, Sep 5, 2020 11:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 630
Early Blackfoot Skunk Bead Trade Necklace
Estimate: $150 - $300
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $5 |
| $50 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $25,000 | $2,500 |
| $100,000 | $5,000 |
For your consideration is an early Blackfoot Skunk Bead trade necklace. Each bead is uniquely shaped with white, red, and blue spots. The beads show appropriate signs of age, featuring unique characteristics pitting around the threading hole. There are 55 beads strung together on a waxed twine string. Skunk Beads are one of the earliest types of Venetian Trade Beads to be mass produced exclusively for trade with tribes along Africa's East Coast, manufactured in the North East of Italy from as early as the 1730's. They found their way to Mali on the vessels of ivory-seeking merchants some time around the mid Century. African Skunk Beads are modernly referred to as “Eye Beads” - a name which derives from the distinctive white spots on the outer skin, which are created by applying molten white glass to a cooled wound base. Skunk Beads were, and continue to be produced using the old Venetian marvering technique, which involves winding molten glass around a long steel tube and then rolling it across a flat surface to create a rounded shape. This particular necklace has a tag marked "Alaska." This necklaces measures 14 1/2" strung, and approximately 31" in circumference.
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