| Trade Beads . 1 |
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| B14-001 | Newly handmade African Powder Glass beads - Ghana. Also known as sand beads. Powder glass beads are made by crushing glass to a fine powder and heating it so that the particles fuse together. The glass is then poured into clay molds, with a cassava leaf stem used to make the hole. They are baked in an oven and the glass coalesces. This technique has been used in Africa for more than a thousand years. A Lots of 12 | 12-15mm | 11 | $2.00 |  |
| B | 3 |  | |||
| C | 11 |  | |||
| D | 10 |  | |||
| E | 5 |  | |||
| F mixed | 3 | ||||
| B14-002 | Large red vaseline trade beads. Early 1900's. Made in Czechoslovakia . Traded in West Africa. | 7-10mm x 15mm | 50 | $1.90 |  |
| B14-003 | Older Venetian green chevron melon beads. The chevron or star bead is from the family of drawn beads, called "rosetta" in Italian. They have been made in Italy since at least 1496. When it is viewed in cross section, a star pattern is visible. | 11 - 14mm | 35 | $1.30 |  |
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