Viking Age inspired treasure bead festoons are back! These are designed for dual wear: as a necklace with the S-hook, or to hang from the front brooches on the hangerok or apron-dress of feminine Norse garb of the Viking Age.
The beads are strung on heavy duty beading wire and attached to silver-plated closed rings about 3/8" in diameter. The length including the rings is about 15". Worn as a necklace, it's about 15 1/2". The extra large focal bead and several of the other beads are made from recycled glass by artisans in Ghana in processes that are really not far off from the historical methods (and trade routes). Most of the rest are intricatedly swirled, dotted, and otherwise decorated in primary red, yellow, blue with white and black.
These give the general look of high-status Viking Age bead festoons without trying to pin it down to a specific time and place. Many beads are what I call accidental replicas-- mass produced lampwork beads that weren't trying to reproduce Viking Age beads but have very nearly done it anyway.The result are festoons that are a good choice for those that do not want to, need to, or have the ability to purchase or make true replica beads from a specific date and location.