Small strand of 57 Yemeni High Silver Melon-Shaped and Cornerless Cube Spacer Ethnic Beads VBP008A

This listing is for a short about 12" strand of 57 vintage high grade silver small spacer beads from Yemen.  40 of the beads are melon-shaped (pumpkin), 17 are cornerless cubes. The beads are about 6mm in diameter.  Pumpkin beads have about 2mm stringing holes, cornerless cubes have holes of about 4mm,  The weight of the strand is about 50g. These beads are dated to the early to mid 1900s. Pumpkin beads are in excellent vintage condition.  Cornerless cubes show more wear - please see the photos for detail. Yemenite jewelry making goes back to the biblical Queen of Sheba and her gifts of jewelry to King Solomon. Later Islamic rule in Yemen imposed a prohibition of jewelry making on the Muslim population, and the art of Yemenite silversmithing became exclusively the domain of the Jewish community of Yemen, and it is to this community we owe the exquisite pieces of silver jewelry from Yemen. This art was passed from generation to generation. Today, however, the art of Yemenite silversmith