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Old Trade Beads

		$24.95	Quantity
Ostrich Egg Disk-This is a strand of Trade Bead Heishi is from West Africa. An old and beautiful strand. Smooth and grand! It can be worn as is or you can use the gorgeous beads to create something of your own. Great as an accent bead! The strand is graduated and is 25" long and range in diameter.

		$69.95	Quantity
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Blue or White Dogon Ring Trade Beads-Most of the time you do not see these rare "ring" style Dogon Trade Beads. These strands that I have are about 39" long and the beads are approximately 10mm-14mm in diameter. The Dogon Beads are glass beads that were made in Germany,circa;1820- 1890. They are commonly called "Dutch Dogon", but they are not Dutch. They were traded most of the time in Senegal, Africa and used by the Dogon Tribe...hence Dogon Trade Beads.

		$29.95	Quantity

Old Green Heart Trade Beads -These beautiful Green Heart Trade Beads are very old beads, circa:1600's. They get their name from the translucent green core that the beads have under the red brick color on the outside of the bead. I wish I would be in this good of shape if I was 400 years old. They are not perfect...but not expected to be. The strands that I have are about 36" long and approximately 5-12mm in diameter.

		$54.95	Quantity
African Trade Bead Mix-These are beautiful strands of old African Trade Beads. The strands are 28" long and has a great mix of beads on it. The strand could have chevrons, Millefiori king beads, wound beads, green hearts, end of day beads and many others.

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Old Goomba Trade Beads - These strands on Pure White Goomba Trade beads are a West African Glass Trade Bead. All 100% Handmade. I have one strand with 1 Green Heart Bead and 1 strand with a Royal Blue Padre Bead on it. Each is unique and very beautiful. There are very few White Trade Beads...this is one of them. The strands are about 24" long and the beads are approximately 9mm in diameter.

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Old Kakamba Trade Beads - These beautiful strands of Antique Kakamba Prosser Trade Beads. Named after the Prosser brothers who invented a button making machine in the 1830's. By the 1860's beads were being made with the same process. All Prosser beads have a thin seam. There is only 1 strand of each.

Turquoise Color			$17.95	24" 5-6mm	Quantity
Orange Color			$17.95	24" 5-6mm	Quantity
Green Color			$17.95	24" 5-6mm	Quantity
Cobalt Color			$17.95	24" 5-6mm	Quantity
Red Color			$17.95	24" 5-6mm	Quantity
Hudson Bay White Heart Beads-Beads such as these were heavily traded by the Hudson's Bay Trading Company, and were perhaps their main type of Trade Beads offered to Native Americans in exchange for fur-pelts. They were not only in North America, but Africa as well. Also know as White Heart Beads. The style was invented around 1480 or so. Red glass is colored using actual gold so the bead makers had to use it sparingly. Hence they would use a cheap color to fill the core of the bead, and the red would be just the outer layer. Green was used from 1480 to 1830, and in 1830 it was switched over from green to either yellow or white with a translucent red coat. Around 1860 they stopped using yellow and only used white.

RARE 4 Layer Chevron 3 pieces			$29.95	24" 3-4mm	Order
Chevron Beads-The chevron, or star bead, is an important member of the family of drawn beads, which in Italian is called Rosetta. It is know as the "aristocrat of beads" and in West Africa chevrons are referred to as Bakim-Mutum by the traders.