This past Feb in Tucson, I was offered a similar face bead by one of the the "Traders", as I'm sure other bead persona at the show were also offered the same......I was suspect of the bead that was shown to me, it just did not seem right, now I see 2 more examples and I must admit that I may have been mistaken about the bead I saw first hand. My view about the bead was that it seemed to be a weird thing to do, I really did not appreciate the molded face as the canes made it too busy to see properly, my opinion only here, of course......I was leaning towards an Indonesian make but I now see the Venetians have actually made a few, shows what I know, or don't know....the price was "to the moon" and I decline to purchase, it was interesting. I would like to hear form others that saw the Tucson Show bead, thanks, Thomas