Antique Black and Clear Bonda Beads from India King Bead Old India drop

Old India drop

Antique cone-shaped dangle India

The boxwood scorpion Ojime rests on a leaf

75-100 years old

Large silver color hair ring ornament made in Niger

Antique Black and Clear Bonda Beads from India King Bead Old India drop30" strand of irregular mostly black glass beads with some clear, dark green, and navy blue in the mix; from the Bonda (or Bondo) tribe of the state of Odisha (formerly Orissa), an eastern Indian state on the Bay of Bengal. These beads are 100 300 years old. Average bead size varies from 3 5mm long x 5 7mm diameter to 4mm long x 8mm in diameter, with a large 3 4mm hole. The Bonda tribe is one of the oldest and most primitive in mainland India; their