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  • Bohemian vintage glass...
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    Height: 43 cm

    Price €29.00
    BC0617-133

    A very fancy Bohemian glass beads necklace from the 1920’. Glass masters from Bohemia and Moravia have been producing glass beads from more than ten centuries. Of course also during the European colonial period exporting large quantities of trade beads. Very precious for locals in West Africa for its fancy colors and numerous shapes. Elegant!

     

    We use the term trade beads to refer to the European made glass beads that were used by the European merchants and explorers in the trade in Africa as from the 15th century and continued during their colonial expansion.

     

    The history of trade beads in Africa takes us then to the 15th century and the arrival of the Euro-pean, mainly the Portuguese, to the coasts of West Africa. The European discovered quite soon how much the people they met there fancied beads and saw they an opportunity for trade. Amongst the beads that captivated the African people most were glass beads since the techniques for their making had not yet been developed locally. The locals fell for the precious and colorful glass beads such as Venetian millefiori or chevron beads that the European traders had on offer and bartered them for commodities such as precious woods, ivory, gold and even used, ignomi-niously, in the slave trade. The increasing demand in Africa of European made glass beads conti-nued quite until the first half of the 20th century and it had a boosting effect in the production in cities such as Venice which glass beads became very popular and coveted.

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  • Fanciful metal old Kuchi...
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    Lenght: 30 cm

    Height: 12 cm

    Price €85.00
    MD0514-356

    An eye-catching and fancy Kuchi necklace from Afghanistan. It is made of beautifully chained metal beads and glass cabochons. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pashtoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan. Their jewellery has become extremely popular among those practising oriental dances and belly-dancing.

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  • Kuchi. Old silver and glass...

    Width: 165 mm

    Weight: 321 grs

    Price €1,250.00
    PK1111-558

    A magnificent old Kuchi silver and glass necklace. This piece is an excellet sample of jewellery from that ethnic group. It is made of silver, glass cabochons and other tiny beads. Superb patina and piece. The real thing and certainly not one of the modern version on offer nowadays. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pastoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan. Early XXth century.

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  • Old Hazara silver and...

    Height: 370 mm

    Weight: 252 grs

    Price €2,265.00
    PK1111-557

    A superb silver and enamel necklace from the Hazara, an ethnic minority group of persian origin that lives in central and Northeastern Afghanistan and in Northwestern Pakistan. This necklace features three flat silver plaques beautifully enameled in two different shades of blue and red with plant decoration. Sadly the technique for the making of these quality pieces has faded. The ensemble also includes nice silver beads and tiny blue, white and green glass beads which make the arrangement extremely attractive. A trip to the "Arabian Nights". The silver plaques are form the second half of the XIXth century and the arrangement more recent.

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  • Collar pectoral cuentas

    Width: 15 cm

    Height: 23 cm

    Price €59.00
    MA0611-561

    There are not many examples of beadwork weaving among the Berbers, this labor is much more frequent in sub-Saharan Africa. This beautiful pectoral necklace comes from the Taza region in the Moroccan Middle Atlas.

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  • African glass discs necklace.

    Height: 29 cm

    Diameter: 12 mm

    Price €29.00
    BC0318-607

    A lovely necklace made of old recycled -pâte de verre- discs from Ghana. 

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  • African glass discs necklace.

    Height: 29 cm

    Diameter: 12 mm

    Price €29.00
    BC0318-601

    A lovely necklace made of old recycled -pâte de verre- discs from Ghana. 

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  • African glass discs necklace.
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    Height: 29 cm

    Diameter: 12 mm

    Price €29.00
    BC0318-609

    A lovely necklace made of old recycled -pâte de verre- discs from Ghana. 

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  • African glass discs necklace.

    Height: 29 cm

    Diameter: 12 mm

    Price €29.00
    BC0318-608

    A lovely necklace made of old recycled -pâte de verre- discs from Ghana. 

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  • African glass discs necklace.

    Height: 29 cm

    Diameter: 12 mm

    Price €29.00
    BC0318-610

    A lovely necklace made of old recycled -pâte de verre- discs from Ghana. 

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  • African glass beads necklace.

    Height: 30 cm

    Diameter: 9 mm

    Price €25.00
    BC0318-588

    A lovely necklace made of old recycled -pâte de verre- beads from Ghana. 

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  • African glass beads necklace.

    Height: 30 mm

    Diameter: 9 mm

    Price €25.00
    BC0318-569

    A lovely necklace made of old recycled -pâte de verre- beads from Ghana. 

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  • African recicled glass...

    Height: 30 cm

    Diameter: 9 mm

    Price €25.00
    BC0318-567

    A lovely necklace made of recycled glass beads -pâte de verre- from Ghana. 

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  • Mauritanian silver beads...

    Lenght: 33 cm

    Weight: 36,5 gr

    Diameter: 5 - 7 mm

    Units: 102

    Price €270.00
    BC0417-048

    A Very original set of one hundred and two vintage gilding bath silver beads from the skillful hands of a Mauritanian artisan. Uniques!

     

    Avarage diametre between 5 and 7mm

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  • Mauritanian silver beads...

    Lenght: 20 cm

    Weight: 32 gr

    Price €350.00
    BC0417-043

    Superb gilding bath silver beads necklace. It features the characteristic and intricate granulated and filigree decoration of the Mauritanian goldsmiths. Second half of the 20th century.

     

    Central bead measures 17mm in diameter and the smallest 7mm.

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  • Strand of Dutch trade beads...
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    Lenght: 43 cm

    Weight: 189 gr

    Units: 62

    Price €135.00
    BC0417-041

    A superb strand of Dutch glass trade beads popularly called "moon beads" due to the beautiful opalescent reflection they produce to the light. They were among the trade beads produced in the Netherlands in the 18th century and were widely popular among the Dogons in Mali and also in Ethiopia.

     

    The Dutch beadmaking industry seems to have a short but intense history. Since the SXVI, large quantities of glass beads were produced in the city of Amsterdam thanks to the incorporation of Venetian beadmakers who brought in the necessary techniques and tools to supply Dutch merchants in the incipient trade with the colonies in Africa, Asia and the New World.

     

    We use the term trade beads to refer to the European made glass beads that were used by the European merchants and explorers in the trade in Africa as from the 15th century and continued during their colonial expansion.

     

    The history of trade beads in Africa takes us then to the 15th century and the arrival of the European, mainly the Portuguese, to the coasts of West Africa. The European discovered quite soon how much the people they met there fancied beads and saw they an opportunity for trade. Amongst the beads that captivated the African people most were glass beads since the techniques for their making had not yet been developed locally. The locals fell for the precious and colorful glass beads such as Venetian millefiori or chevron beads that the European traders had on offer and bartered them for commodities such as precious woods, ivory, gold and even used, ignominiously, in the slave trade. The increasing demand in Africa of European made glass beads continued quite until the first half of the 20th century and it had a boosting effect in the production in cities such as Venice which glass beads became very popular and coveted.

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  • Mauritanian vintage trade...
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    Lenght: 26 cm

    Weight: 67 gr

    Price €105.00
    BC0417-040

    A very original Mauritanian vintage and old glass, stone and resin beads necklace. Mauritania’s fascination for beads has in this colorful necklace a good example. Venice and Bohemia glass trade beads, outstanding the four small Chevrons. Four beautiful rhomboidal “African amber” resin larger beads, and the triangular central pendant, a most probably Czech imitation in glass of the Idar-Oberstain carnelians.

     

    The triangular central pendant measures 26x27mm 

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  • Strand of Venetian trade beads

    Lenght: 108 cm

    Weight: 302 gr

    Color: Black

    Units: 68

    Price €265.00
    AC0616-638

    A superb strand of sixty eight trade glass biconical beads, most of them are “eye beads” inspired on the much more ancient Islamic type, and five of them with linear decoration are the so called “King beads” by English merchants or Gololo by West Africans. These types of beads were made in Venice as from the beginning of the XIXth century using the lamp work technique. They were made in a variety of colors combining an opaque glass, solid color core (yellow, burgundy, black, green, etc.). These beads were among the most important ones in the gold trade in Africa.

     

    The biggest bead is 16mm long and 23mm diameter and the smallest 10mm by 12mm.

     

    We use the term trade beads to refer to the European made glass beads that were used by the European merchants and explorers in the trade in Africa as from the 15th century and continued during their colonial expansion. The history of trade beads in Africa takes us then to the 15th century and the arrival of the European, mainly the Portuguese, to the coasts of West Africa. The European discovered quite soon how much the people they met there fancied beads and saw they an opportunity for trade. Amongst the beads that captivated the African people most were glass beads since the techniques for their making had not yet been developed locally. The locals fell for the precious and colorful glass beads such as Venetian millefiori or chevron beads that the European traders had on offer and bartered them for commodities such as precious woods, ivory, gold and even used, ignominiously, in the slave trade. The increasing demand in Africa of European made glass beads continued quite until the first half of the 20th century and it had a boosting effect in the production in cities such as Venice which glass beads became very popular and coveted.

     

    Lamp working is one of the main techniques for the making of glass beads. Lamp or lamp work beads were made using glass canes that were reheated to a temperature of up to 1000 ºC by means of a blowtorch or blowlamp and which were then wound onto a coated iron rod to avoid the molten glass from sticking to the metal. The beads produced by the artisan by these means could be then further decorated by re-heating the bead using the same lamp work method and applying colored glass rods or glass cane inserts to the surface of the bead creating an endless variation of patterns and making of each bead one of its own.

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  • Strand of Venetian trade...

    Lenght: 105 cm

    Weight: 407 gr

    Color: Yellow

    Units: 57

    Price €265.00
    AC0616-637

    Lovely strand of fifty seven trade glass biconical beads. These type of beads  were made in Venice as from the beginning of the XIXth century using the lamp work technique. They were made in a variety of colors combining a opaque glass solid color core (yellow, burgundy, black, green, etc) on which linear decoration was applied in a lively combination of colors. These beads were known in the trade a “King beads” and also, locally, as Gololo beads. These beads were among the most important ones in the gold trade in Africa.

     

    The biggest bead is 20mm long and 22mm diameter and the smallest 12mm by 13mm.

     

    We use the term trade beads to refer to the European made glass beads that were used by the European merchants and explorers in the trade in Africa as from the 15th century and continued during their colonial expansion. The history of trade beads in Africa takes us then to the 15th century and the arrival of the European, mainly the Portuguese, to the coasts of West Africa. The European discovered quite soon how much the people they met there fancied beads and saw they an opportunity for trade. Amongst the beads that captivated the African people most were glass beads since the techniques for their making had not yet been developed locally. The locals fell for the precious and colorful glass beads such as Venetian millefiori or chevron beads that the European traders had on offer and bartered them for commodities such as precious woods, ivory, gold and even used, ignominiously, in the slave trade. The increasing demand in Africa of European made glass beads continued quite until the first half of the 20th century and it had a boosting effect in the production in cities such as Venice which glass beads became very popular and coveted.

     

    Lamp working is one of the main techniques for the making of glass beads. Lamp or lamp work beads were made using glass canes that were reheated to a temperature of up to 1000 ºC by means of a blowtorch or blowlamp and which were then wound onto a coated iron rod to avoid the molten glass from sticking to the metal. The beads produced by the artisan by these means could be then further decorated by re-heating the bead using the same lamp work method and applying colored glass rods or glass cane inserts to the surface of the bead creating an endless variation of patterns and making of each bead one of its own.

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  • Strand of Venetian trade...

    Lenght: 108 cm

    Weight: 327 gr

    Color: Green

    Units: 63

    Price €265.00
    AC0616-636

    Lovely strand of sixty three trade glass biconical beads. These type of beads were made in Venice as from the beginning of the XIXth century using the lamp work technique. They were made in a variety of colors combining a opaque glass solid color core (yellow, burgundy, black, green, etc) on which linear decoration was applied in a lively combination of colors. These beads were known in the trade a “King beads” and also, locally, as Gololo beads. These beads were among the most important ones in the gold trade in Africa.

     

    The biggest bead is 16mm long and 18mm diameter and the smallest 12mm by 12mm.

     

    We use the term trade beads to refer to the European made glass beads that were used by the European merchants and explorers in the trade in Africa as from the 15th century and continued during their colonial expansion. The history of trade beads in Africa takes us then to the 15th century and the arrival of the European, mainly the Portuguese, to the coasts of West Africa. The European discovered quite soon how much the people they met there fancied beads and saw they an opportunity for trade. Amongst the beads that captivated the African people most were glass beads since the techniques for their making had not yet been developed locally. The locals fell for the precious and colorful glass beads such as Venetian millefiori or chevron beads that the European traders had on offer and bartered them for commodities such as precious woods, ivory, gold and even used, ignominiously, in the slave trade. The increasing demand in Africa of European made glass beads continued quite until the first half of the 20th century and it had a boosting effect in the production in cities such as Venice which glass beads became very popular and coveted.

     

    Lamp working is one of the main techniques for the making of glass beads. Lamp or lamp work beads were made using glass canes that were reheated to a temperature of up to 1000 ºC by means of a blowtorch or blowlamp and which were then wound onto a coated iron rod to avoid the molten glass from sticking to the metal. The beads produced by the artisan by these means could be then further decorated by re-heating the bead using the same lamp work method and applying colored glass rods or glass cane inserts to the surface of the bead creating an endless variation of patterns and making of each bead one of its own.

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  • Kuchi. Old silver torc.

    Width: 7 mm

    Weight: 100 grs

    Diameter: 130 mm

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    PK1009-408

    An elegant old silver kuchi torc or choker. This torc shows a simple smithwork with thick silver wire, and one red glass cabochon. It was probably made in the region of Nuristan in Northern Afghanistan close to the Pakistani border. Superb patina. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pastoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mid-XXth century.

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  • Tribal Kuchi choker
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    Lenght: 26 cm

    Height: 11 cm

    Price €35.00
    PK0616-011

    A nice choker from the Kuchi nomad tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pashtoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan. Ornated with coins, beads and embroidery. Give your garments as tribal and joyful touch. You decide!.  

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  • Tribal Kuchi choker
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    Lenght: 25 cm

    Height: 11 cm

    Price €35.00
    PK0616-007

    A nice choker from the Kuchi nomad tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pashtoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan. Ornated with coins, beads and embroidery. Give your garments as tribal and joyful touch. You decide!.  

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  • Price €48.00
    MD1214-044

    A vintage Kuchi necklace from Afgahistan made of mixed metals beads and great glass pendants. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pashtoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Medium, size.

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  • Dutch trade beads (Blue...
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    Lenght: 74 cm

    Weight: 303 grs

    Diameter: 17-21 mm

    Units: 41

    Price €150.00
    MD0715-867

    These antique wound glass trade beads are commonly known as Dutch Dogon. The reason for that is that they were first made in The Netherlands and it would become extremely popular among the Dogon people in Mali. They are quite large in size and the are usually found in bkue color though they were also made in white, black and brown. The first ones known date as back as the XVIIth century. Very attractive and eye-catching.

    Central bead meassures 17mm long and 21mm diameter

    We use the term trade beads to refer to the European made glass beads that were used by the European merchants and explorers in the trade in Africa as from the 15th century and continued during their colonial expansion.

    The history of trade beads in Africa takes us then to the 15th century and the arrival of the European, mainly the Portuguese, to the coasts of West Africa. The European discovered quite soon how much the people they met there fancied beads and saw they an opportunity for trade. Amongst the beads that captivated the African people most were glass beads since the techniques for their making had not yet been developed locally. The locals fell for the precious and colorful glass beads such as Venetian millefiori or chevron beads that the European traders had on offer and bartered them for commodities such as precious woods, ivory, gold and even used, ignominiously, in the slave trade. The increasing demand in Africa of European made glass beads continued quite until the first half of the 20th century and it had a boosting effect in the production in cities such as Venice which glass beads became very popular and coveted.

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  • Mauritanian silver agrabb...

    Height: 34 cm

    Weight: 65 grs

    Price €620.00
    MA1015-359

    A marvellous newly strung necklace that combines a superb combination of old and vintage beads sourced in Mauritania. These include lovely ebony beads (some of them with silver filigree), aluminium, bohemian glass and stone beads and some truly awesome, beautiful and sought after old Mauritanian silver beads (agrabb al-fadda). An elegant and eye-catching necklace that will not go unnoticed.

    Central bead meassures 28x22mm

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  • Necklace antique Nila beads...
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    Lenght: 42 cm

    Weight: 32 grs

    Price €65.00
    MD0315-387

    A beautiful necklace made with a superb combination of antique Islamic Nila glass beads sourced in Mali. The size of these beads is somewhat larger than usual and are locally know as “Dardig”. Nila beads are small monochrome Islamic glass beads than can be found in colors ranging mostly from blue, green and white to yellow were quite widespread in West Africa. They are also referred to as Indo-Pacific or Trade Winds beads in reference to the winds that for centuries were used by the merchant ships bringing them from India. Large quantities of these small and charming beads have been found in archaeological sities along the river banks of the Niger river in Mali where sometimes not only beads but also hollow canes have been found to produce them locally. The word Nila would come from the Sanskrit term for indigo.

    When referring to Islamic beads we follow bead expert Robert K. Liu’s description in Ornament Magazine: “The term Islamic Period Glass Beads is used, similarly to Roman Period Beads, to classify groups of ornaments from specific geographic areas and time periods, with recognizable characteristics including patterns and techniques. In the case of Islamic glass beads we know they originated in the Middle East and flourished mostly between the seventh and twelfth centuries. Their designs display a wide mix of techniques and styles: millefiori/mosaic (including pierced mosaic pad beads), trailed, filigreed, combed, fused rods, segmented/blown, folded (an Islamic innovation, Holland and Holland 2006) and those derived from amulet shapes, like charmcase beads with loops.” Islamic glass beads travelled from their sources of production in the Middle and Near East together with the expansion of Islam to North Africa, Southern Europe (Spain), India and the Far East and they reached areas well beyond Islam’s actual limits of expansion such as Northern Europe. They also flowed into Sub-Saharan Africa, where they were valued and cherished for centuries in the Malian ancient kingdoms as a symbol of status and played an important role in the communities’ rites and ceremonies such a burials, initiation or dowries.

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  • Venetian trade beads

    Lenght: 57 cm

    Weight: 75 gr

    Diameter: 8 mm

    Units: 48

    Price €150.00
    MA1015-381

    A great set of forty-eight antique Venetian lamp work glass barrel shaped trade beads from the late 1800s. The main body of the beads is of a opaque black color and it is decorated with longitudinal white stripes. This type of beads is quite are and when found quite often it is just a few of them. These we were fotunate enough to source them in Mauritania.

    Approximate dimensions: length: 12mm, diameter 8mm.

    We use the term trade beads to refer to the European made glass beads that were used by the European merchants and explorers in the trade in Africa as from the 15th century and continued during their colonial expansion. The history of trade beads in Africa takes us then to the 15th century and the arrival of the European, mainly the Portuguese, to the coasts of West Africa. The European discovered quite soon how much the people they met there fancied beads and saw they an opportunity for trade. Amongst the beads that captivated the African people most were glass beads since the techniques for their making had not yet been developed locally. The locals fell for the precious and colorful glass beads such as Venetian millefiori or chevron beads that the European traders had on offer and bartered them for commodities such as precious woods, ivory, gold and even used, ignominiously, in the slave trade. The increasing demand in Africa of European made glass beads continued quite until the first half of the 20th century and it had a boosting effect in the production in cities such as Venice which glass beads became very popular and coveted.

    Lamp working is one of the main techniques for the making of glass beads. Lamp or lamp work beads were made using glass canes that were reheated to a temperature of up to 1000 ºC by means of a blowtorch or blowlamp and which were then wound onto a coated iron rod to avoid the molten glass from sticking to the metal. The beads produced by the artisan by these means could be then further decorated by re-heating the bead using the same lamp work method and applying colored glass rods or glass cane inserts to the surface of the bead creating an endless variation of patterns and making of each bead one of its own.

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  • Kuchi coin pendants and...

    Height: 380 mm

    Weight: 109 grs

    Price €32.00
    PK0116-535

    Lovely Kuchi necklace from Afgahistan made of mixed glass beads, coins and dangles and pendants, decorated with different sizes glass cabochons. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pashtoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan. 

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  • Old Moroccan Rif coral and...
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    Height: 400 mm

    Weight: 47 grs

    Price €365.00
    MA1015-358

    A charming old Moroccan necklace from the Rif region in the north of the country. It is made of coral beads, six red glass beads, lovely bicone green glass beads and a dangle made of an old silver coin. Rare, simple, elegant and .... so wearable!

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  • Muslim rosary (tisbeh)
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    Height: 700 mm

    Weight: 119 grs

    Price €120.00
    MA0116-616

    A rosary "tisbeh" from Mauritania. It is formed by a strand of old black ebony beads (some of them with silver filigree) and aluminium, and some others old glass beads of different sizes, types and colours and three true amber beads. The "tisbeh" is also decorated with three cotton tassels. Other names: "tasbih", "sebha", "mishat", "subhan"

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  • Kuchi coin pendants and...

    Height: 430 mm

    Price €39.00
    PK0116-526

    Lovely Kuchi necklace from Afgahistan made of mixed glass beads, coins and dangles and pendants, decorated with glass cabochons. The Kuchi people, from the Persian -koch- meaning migration, are Afghan pashtoons nomads divided in a number of tribes that inhabit areas of Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan. 

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  • Strand of antique African...
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    Height: 340 mm

    Weight: 146 grs

    Diameter: 15 mm

    Price €265.00
    MD1114-031

    A beautiful strand of sixty five antique African trade glass beads in blue range color. Fantastic.

     

    Beads have fascinated men all over the world for thousands of years. From the simplest ones made of clay, bone or horn to those made of metal, amber or glass or the most luxurious ones using precious stones and metals and where the result may sometimes be true pieces of art. Phoenicia, India, China, Rome, Tibet, Egypt, Mali, the Middle East, Mauritania, Venice, Persia, South America. You name it. Africa is not an exception to this. For centuries beads were used in Africa not only as pieces of adornment or status but, in many cases, as currency to trade a vast array of commodities (gold, ivory, exotic wood, etc.). Europe supplied the continent for hundreds of years with beads made in Murano, Bohemia, Germany, etc that mixed with those produced locally and others coming from lands farther beyond. All these beads, their awesome variety of designs, shapes, qualities, techniques, colors, material and origins have created a fascinating world that still subsists today and where we are not only captivated by what meets our eyes but also by the long and amazing  history behind. 

     

     

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  • Strand of old African...
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    Height: 300 mm

    Weight: 132 grs

    Diameter: 12 mm

    Price €95.00
    MD1114-026

    Beads have fascinated men all over the world for thousands of years. From the simplest ones made of clay, bone or horn to those made of metal, amber or glass or the most luxurious ones using precious stones and metals and where the result may sometimes be true pieces of art. Phoenicia, India, China, Rome, Tibet, Egypt, Mali, the Middle East, Mauritania, Venice, Persia, South America. You name it. Africa is not an exception to this. For centuries beads were used in Africa not only as pieces of adornment or status but, in many cases, as currency to trade a vast array of commodities (gold, ivory, exotic wood, etc.). Europe supplied the continent for hundreds of years with beads made in Murano, Bohemia, Germany, etc that mixed with those produced locally and others coming from lands farther beyond. All these beads, their awesome variety of designs, shapes, qualities, techniques, colors, material and origins have created a fascinating world that still subsists today and where we are not only captivated by what meets our eyes but also by the long and amazing  history behind. 

    Here we have now a marvelous strand of 59 old African glass trade beads from Europe, most likely Venice, known as black and white skunk beads. 

     

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  • Carved shell beads necklace
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    Height: 310 mm

    Weight: 122 grs

    Price €85.00
    MA0315-547

    A beautiful Moroccan Berber or Maure necklace made of a superb combination of antique carved shell beads. Oustanding patina and very, very original.

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  • Strand of vaseline glass beads
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    Height: 290 mm

    Weight: 133 grs

    Price €75.00
    MD0315-778

    A beautiful set of old Bohemian glass “vaseline” beads sourced in Mali.Beads have fascinated men all over the world for thousands of years. From the simplest ones made of clay, bone or horn to those made of metal, amber or glass or the most luxurious ones using precious stones and metals and where the result may sometimes be true pieces of art. Phoenicia, India, China, Rome, Tibet, Egypt, Mali, the Middle East, Mauritania, Venice, Persia, South America. You name it. Africa is not an exception to this. For centuries beads were used in Africa not only as pieces of adornment or status but, in many cases, as currency to trade a vast array of commodities (gold, ivory, exotic wood, etc.). Europe supplied the continent for hundreds of years with beads made in Murano, Bohemia, Germany, etc that mixed with those produced locally and others coming from lands farther beyond. All these beads, their awesome variety of designs, shapes, qualities, techniques, colors, material and origins have created a fascinating world that still subsists today and where we are not only captivated by what meets our eyes but also by the long and amazing history behind.    

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