~ 30" Strand of Striped Trade Beads ~ Oklahoma ~ SOLD

Length: 30"

Grade: 10

Description: A 30-inch strand of classic striped Venetian Trade Beads, consisting of 64 hand-wound glass beads. Each bead displays the characteristic multi-color vertical striping of red, white, cobalt blue, and green—created by applying colored glass trails around a softened core. These barrel shaped average10–13 mm each in diameter.They show oxidation, pitting, and surface wear consistent with authentic 19th-century trade circulation and were made between 1800 -1850.

Widely traded with Native American groups during the Fur Trade and Colonial periods.

• Great Lakes region (Huron, Odawa, Ojibwe)
• Upper Mississippi & Missouri River valleys
• Plains tribes (Lakota, Arikara, Mandan, Cheyenne)
• Southeast (Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee—often found in 1830s–1850s sites)

These striped beads appear in both village sites and early 19th-century trading post deposits.

Provenance: Found on private property with permission. Found near Tulsa, Oklahoma