Fulani Style Earrings by Ruth luster handmade by Ruth with cornflower

handmade by Ruth with cornflower blue color hand-faceted beads (Czech early 1900's) and handmade Yoruba brass charms (Nigeria

with pin closure

beads approximately 14mm long x 20mm wide

Vintage 1950s high-silver content bead from India

12" strand of worn metal beads

Fulani Style Earrings by Ruth luster handmade by Ruth with cornflowerTraditional colorful pressed glass beads, popular with the nomadic Fulani Tribal People of West Africa. These Czech glass beads were traded in West Africa in the 1920's 40's and are quite unusual. These earrings are composed with oxidized sterling silver chain and wire, with niobium earwires. Pressed glass orange and yellow flowers are 12mm diameter. Total length of earrings is 2 1 4 inches. Last photo shows 2 other earring designs in this collection.