Period: 1900-1950 (central bead older)
Origin: Central Oman (Indian influence given the monkey picture designs? )This necklace is only worn by the Bedouin women in central Oman.
We do not know the origin of the "fake coral" glass beads, however we do know that already in 1879 traders in Jeddah imported glass and glass coral beads from Austria and Venice for the equivalent of 10.000 Maria Theresa thalers (but we are not sure these European beads found there way to Oman (ref 8 page 169))