I made this necklace more than a decade ago.
Admitedly, it has NOT been much appreciated.
The center area is composed of old yellow amber pebble-cut beads from the African Trade, with recent Dominican amber spheres strung in between. The former beads have sockets adjacent to the perforations -- I ignore wether made on purpose or by years of rubbing against harder neighbours -- that allow the spheres to slip in and freely rotate.
The glass cylinder African Trade beads were I guess made in Venice. I got them from Rita Okrent on March,2002 and like them a lot: this pungent Colman's Mustard yellow color, as much as their n*I*cely prickled surfaces. Tiny Dominican amber beads freely revolve inside semispherical sockets, created by careful grinding of their ends -- a providence that makes necklaces more compact, with beads looking like they really "belong there".
The focally used metallic elements are contemporary 18k Indian gold.