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TUBULAR GOLD BEAD, BAULE TRIBE, AFRICA browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:African:Pre 1980: item # 68365 Please refer to our stock # 101.1DHD when inquiring.
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| This native African gold bead (101.1D HD) was made using the lost wax casting technique. Attributed to the Baule tribe of West Africa, the hollow tube bead tapers from a bulging and decorated center towards both open ends. The natives call the style of this bead ‘ayeke’. Measuring 1 3/8” in length, it is in excellent wearable condition. Because it was made sometime in the latter part of the 20th century, it probably has a fairly high copper content. African heirloom gold jewelry is usually melted down and recast in different, more currently popular shapes and forms, and in the process of doing so, and to make it ‘go a little further’, alloys are commonly added thus diluting the original gold content. 19th century and early 20th century jewelry usually has fairly high karat value, but much of the later pieces can get down to the 10-12K range. This one has not been tested so the exact value is not known but should be assumed to come in towards that lower range. Either as a wonderful ‘type’ piece in a bead collection, or as a contemporary jewelry item worn as a single bead on a gold choker chain, this bauble should catch the eye of all. Comes with a small display card. | ||
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