A beautiful strand of black and white glass skunk beads, made to resemble the older Eye beads produced in Italy in the 1800 early 1900. The idea of the eye beads is to protect whoever is wearing it from the Evil Eye or any harm that could affect. It is a very common belief in the Middle east, and Mediterranean area with different versions made in different countries. These beads were produced in the late 1970 and have an approximate diameter of 9-11mm. As far as we know, these beads are not from Africa.