FIG. 1 is a front three-quarter perspective view of the ornamental bead item, illustrating several of the same elliptical bead along a necklace, with elongated apertures upon each bead that expose the string upon which the beads are mounted; and,

FIG. 2 is a top three-quarter perspective view of the ornamental bead item, again illustrating several of the same elliptical bead along a necklace, in this instance with elongated apertures towards the front of each bead, exposing the string upon which the beads are mounted.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for an ornamental bead item, as shown and described.

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