4 Strands MIXED Powder Glass Trade Beads vintage Krobo

LOT OF 4 STRANDS, MIXED PATTERNS, OLD TRADE BEADS FROM AFRICA

LOT  SIZE  (# per Bid or Lot):   4 Strands per lot.  (3 lots available at listing).  Each strand runs about 40-45 beads.  A few may have 38 or 39, a few may have 50.  Call the average 40 to be safe.  Total of 160+ beads for each 4-strand lot.

These are strands of MIXED BEADS.  The photo is representative of 4 strands pulled at random.  A few beads may be green, a few red, a few milk, a few cobalt.  Most are the tan with colored bands and patterns.

A nice lot if you use these as accent beads along with pendants, etc.  Good variety of beads from this era and style.  Again, you get 4 strands!

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ITEM  DESCRIPTION:

These are old Powder Glass (sometimes called "Sand Cast") Trade beads from Africa.  This style of bead has been made since the 1600s.  These beads are typical of those made from the 1800s to mid-1900s.

Beads were made by taking scrap glass (jars, bottles, etc.) and grinding the glass into powder.  Glass powder was layered into clay molds with a plant stem inserted into the center of each.  Patterns made like sand art in a bottle.  During firing, the glass fused and the stem burned off leaving a hole for stringing.

Used for indigenous trade, but many were also aquired by European Traders and brought to the Americas for the Fur Trade.

These beads are old and many will have accumulated dirt and stains in the recesses - I leave it to you whether to clean them or leave the old on them.

This lot is for 4 strands of 3/8 to 5/8 inch long beads.

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