Description

This strand of slightly larger than usual ancient excavated glass beads from Mali displays a superb range of colors and shapes.
Commonly known as ‘Djenne beads’ these beads have been found “in situ” buried in the desert sands and later strung on nylon thread. 
The strand of graduated beads contains ancient glass beads in different colors of blue, ancient quartz and stone beads, red and blue cylinder Nila beads and ancient white beads known as *”porcelain” beads.

*Ancient drawn glass  beads, also called ‘porcelain’ beads, are likely the earliest examples from the West African bead trade.

Bead sizes range from: 2mm to 11mm in diameter and 2mm to 20mm in length and are approximately 1000 years old. 

Collected in Mali.

Strand is 66 cm (26 inches) long