I have a show that I’m attending September 2nd and I have a smaller display case with beads also. I don’t have anything that’s really worth $ or fancy. I have some beads that came from the judacalla site in North Carolina. They are drilled holes in stone beads. they’re about 400 years old per David Dean, who found them, he was an archaeologist from Tennessee. I also have a bunch of beads that came from Huron areas in Quebec and also some that were given to me by a friend in the Seneca nations in New York. They are mostly 1800s. But there’s a few from the 1700s as well. those particular beads are Venetian beads, which are the more common. That’s my small contribution to my group’s table.
So..here’s some of them. I’m still separating them according to age as I sort through them. I probably have 100 or so. The display box is pretty nice and using some nufoam and linen fabric, I’ve made pockets for them to sit in…5 pockets across the top and I have to laminate the cards I made with timeframes and details on the groups of beads. Those cards will fit below the pockets in the long area. I think it will look good once I’m done.
Once I set up my laminated cards and finish sorting for a display, I can repost them in my own post. Better pics too.
yea. There's few REAL shows anymore. the antique gun shows anymore are a joke too. You end up with majority of tactical shotguns and ARs. Problem is, the attendance has dropped so much that the event coordinators don't dare turn them down, otherwise they'll have like 5 vendors. It's sad. With the Indian artifacts shows which are run in conjunction with the antique gun shows, we almost always give up tables for display for free to get more displays in there. On occasion you get someone mis-representing themselves as a school or professional institution and they try and sell too...which I guess you have to let go a bit too. Lately...it's the people coming with a hundred of agate arrowheads on a string that annoy me...always claiming they are bird points.
Also I know that my beads are African trading beads. Some of these types are and have been found by diggers with artifacts. The Blue Russians have been found in the northern western side and the rattlesnake beads found on the eastern side of the USA. They are trading beads either way. I’m looking forward to seeing your post with better pictures.
No doubt if you loaned them they would probably get lost. Besides Chevrons are the most expensive beads. A strand that is old can fetch thousands. I have one in the picture but it’s a reproduction but still worth a few bucks.
Good luck at the show! We had our show this past weekend, September 2nd. I ended up not displaying because I was running out of time to prep. I had spent a great deal of time getting plans set up for a Atlatl throw that we have at the event and getting other items prepped. I decided to do a better display for the future.
