Large Antique Handmade Old Silver Globe Bead from Yemen (38x35mm), Ethnic Bead CRJ_00163A_E

This listing is for an old Yemeni handmade high silver content globe bead with a relatively rare star design. In addition to the stringing hole, this bead has a loop to be used for dangles or to attach to a necklace. It is dated to the early to mid-1900s. The bead weighs 23.6g and measures about 38x35mm excluding the loop.  It is in excellent antique condition. In beads of this age, which have traveled through many hands and continents, some imperfections are expected.  We tried to show them in the photos,  but please be aware that because the photos are close-ups, they show imperfections in much more detail and clarity than one can see with the naked eye. Yemenite jewelry-making goes back to the biblical Queen of Sheba and her gifts of jewelry to King Solomon. Later Islamic rule in Yemen imposed a prohibition on jewelry making on the Muslim population, and the art of Yemenite silversmithing became exclusively the domain of the Jewish community of Yemen, and it is to this community we