Venetians only refer to the small drawn beads with a white (or pale opaque) base, overlaid with translucent red, reddish, orange, or yellow glass as "corneline d'Aleppo" or "Aleppo" beads.

It has been a popular observation that larger wound beads are structurally similar, though made differently. But it has been a leap of faith (or just a mistake) to refer to both types by the same name. Reviewing Venetian sample cards, only the drawn beads are so-named.

The popular name "white-heart" for any small drawn overlay beads (be they red, reddish, orange, yellow, green, teal, or brown) that have white bases, seems to have been popularized by Native Americans and Indian hobbyists. Wound overlay beads are likewise not "white-heart" beads.

For the wound beads, these have been popularly called "Hudson's Bay beads" in North America, and "ox eye" beads in African regions colonized by the British. So these are regional user names.

Added to the above, small drawn opaque brick-red over translucent green or greenish bases, have likewise been mistakenly referred to as "older cornaline beads," and similar names. These (in Colonial French West Africa) were called "galet rouge" (meaning "red stone") and more recently "green-heart" beads.

All of this was included in an exposé I composed in the 1990s.

Here is a discussion from 2009: http://beadcollector.net/cgi-bin/anyboard.cgi?fvp=/openforum/&cmd=iYz&aK=63090&iZz=63090&gV=0&kQz=&aO=1&iWz=0

Some are slow to incorporate better information into their discussions.

JDA.

When someone decides to dig into bead history, they will encounter other terms like “ox eye”, and appreciate their relevance. BCN is certainly a good place to start looking for information, and I hope it can remain a dynamic resource in the future. Also, I would encourage Jamey to post copies of his previous work on a site like ResearchGate or Academia. Accounts on those sites are free and the information will reach a global audience as well as (hopefully) be preserved for posterity.

I correct misinformation where I find it. It doesn't matter to me whether it's a mistake from 100 years ago, or last week.

"It seems the terms 'white heart' and 'yellow heart' have passed into common usage for both drawn and wound beads."

To quote the immortal Bette Davis—"That's what I said Bub."

"When someone decides to dig into bead history, they will encounter other terms like 'ox eye', and appreciate their relevance."

Again, this is precisely what I have already done.

I produce for people who care about accuracy and history. If people don't care (and they don't have to!), they can bypass whatever challenges them.

P.S.—I provide corrections to my friends at Paropamiso fairly often.