Translucent Amber Beads - Kenya
Amber is fossil tree resin, which is appreciated for its color and natural beauty. Good quality amber is used for the manufacture of ornamental objects and jewelry. Although not mineralized, it is often classified as a gemstone.Amber occurs in a range of different colors. As well as the usual yellow-orange-brown that is associated with the color "amber", amber itself can range from a whitish color through a pale lemon yellow, to brown and almost black. Tribal collection.
Sizes: 45 beads per string
Product ID: #155
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African Amber Beads - Kenya
Amber is fossil tree resin, which is appreciated for its color and natural beauty. Good quality amber is used for the manufacture of ornamental objects and jewelry. Although not mineralized, it is often classified as a gemstone.Amber occurs in a range of different colors. As well as the usual yellow-orange-brown that is associated with the color "amber", amber itself can range from a whitish color through a pale lemon yellow, to brown and almost black. Tribal collection.
Sizes: 50 beads per string
Product ID: #156
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Gimma Glass Beads - Ethiopia
Beautiful old red round beads necklace from the northern Sudan, normally use as jewelry of the gimma ethnic tribe. And also called "Slave beads" (often called Trade beads) were otherwise decorative glass beads used between the 16th and 20th century as a currency to exchange for goods, services and slaves (hence the name). Made to ease the passage of European explorers and then traders mainly across the African continents, the beads were made throughout Europe although the Venetians dominated production. Tribal collection.
Sizes: 35 beads per string
Product ID: #157
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Kanury Green Beads - Nigeria
Old Green Kanury bead necklace; made from glass. Used as jewelry to add ornaments on their body by the Nok people of Nigeria.
Sizes: 51 beads per string
Product ID: #158
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Bone Beads - Kenya
Africans were skilled jewelers. They madea variety of necklaces. Some items are worn to show off a person's wealth and social status. Others symbolizes sexual maturity. The necklaces are strung with strong driedgrass that is native to Kenya. Tribal collection.
Sizes: 40 beads per string
Product ID: #159
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