Trade beads

[joshuaream]

Early trade beads from St. Lucia:

The Spanish traded them for:

The drilled pearls are off prehistoric sites, the undrilled ones are mostly from historic sites. The beads were pictured in one of Lar Hothem's last books.

 

[naturegirl]

I always thought this was a pearl. I don't think these were found all together,[']

Hi Joshuareams. I always thought his bead looked like a pearl. Never knew anyone who could begin to tell me. So now I'll look up trade beads. thanks for posting!

 

[bravowhiskey]

Those trade beads are the tops! Where did you find? Very cool!

Love all your bead finds.

BW

 

[rginn]

I'm likin all your finds, joshuareams. I just might want to be you when I grow up.