Strand of Small Chartreuse Majapahit Beads peanut beads This is 1 gram of

This is 1 gram of silver

and ornate engravings

80mm x 54mm

light-weight fluted beads made in India over 100 years ago

75mm towards the center of the bead

Strand of Small Chartreuse Majapahit Beads peanut beads This is 1 gram of22" strand of small, medium, and large size (11 21mm diameter) Chartreuse Majapahit beads These glass beads are somewhere between 500 700 years old. They are lovely things made in and around Java Indonesia and traded by the Chinese all over South Asia. Nowadays they are often lumped in with other Tradewind beads. While some of the beads still have their smooth finish, most of the ones on this strand have been damaged by time and are pitted and cracked