19th Century Venetian White Hearts with Inlaid Floral Vines Pattern Strand / Necklace charm for power and strength due to his work to

due to his work to ransom prisoners

or the Descent from the Cross

also known as a Memento Mori

The Eshus are the Divine Messengers

Origin is Thailand

19th Century Venetian White Hearts with Inlaid Floral Vines Pattern Strand / Necklace charm for power and strength due to his work toThese extravagantly beautiful beads with a startlingly finely detailed Floral Vines pattern inlaid into a deep rose red base bead which was spun over a hand wound white base bead, creating one of the most complex of Trade Beads; a Two Layer Inlaid Floral "White Heart". Fashioned by hand in the mid 19th in Venice and brought to Ethiopia, East Africa as Trade Beads. They became treasured high level Prestige Bead Currency and Dowry Wealth. Originally