Otavalo golden beads, Ecuador

Golden glass beads necklace from Ecuador, from the Imbabura province and especifically from Otavalo city.

Made of Czech glass beads painted with gold on the inside, these beads were the replacement of the colonial bronze used previously and the gold beads used even earlier.

From the first half of the 20th century.

Dimensions: length with strings: approx. 65 cm

It is a light necklace. Some of the beads have lost the golden color, but most of them are in perfect condition.