Do Any Of These Look Like Trade Beads?

I don't really think they do, but I know diddlysquat about trade beads. All of the pics are close up and do not show the whole necklace. The rest of the necklaces are the same - no clasps.

Thanks!

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Top photo looks like bone hair pipes,not sure what the striped beads are.

 

I wonder if the purple and square glass ones could be Czech

 

Hi! I think the bottom ones (painted) may be Peruvian.

 

And I think the top black/white stripe are copied from African trade beads unless they are glass but the stripe pattern definitely existed. I can’t tell the material on my phone. What are those made of?

 

Thanks everyone for the opinions. @reader - I'm not sure what either of the beads are made of...

The longer beads look more like wood to me than bone, but I wouldn't stake my life on it.

The round striped beads also look like wood, but the striping reminds me more of a nut of some sort. The round beads are solid, not hollow.

 

Thanks and sorry I can’t help but the pattern definitely existed in vintage African trade beads.

 

Thanks reader!

After looking at the longer beads, I think they are bone like Holly suggested. They feel slightly cooler to the touch than wood. The round ones still stump me.

You gave me a direction to go towards - I'll try doing more research.

 

I kept thinking those round beads in the first necklace were ground glass beads (most likely from Ghana) , but couldn't find the pattern.

Today I found what looks like a better option "pumtek" beads from Myanmar. As you have them in hand, it's better you look ( and look at multiple pages, because it's the internet and not all information is created equal, lol).

https://pumtek.blogspot.com/2009/02/excerpt-from-hand-book-on-haka-chin.html?m=1

 

Thank you jivvy! They do look very similar - I'll have to pull the necklace out and compare it to the blog.