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Krobo African Recycled Glass Beads Handmade
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Krobo African Recycled Glass Beads Handmade
Other names: powder glass, Krobo Beads Type of bead: powder glass Made in: Ghana, Africa Found in : Ghana, Africa Approximate Age: mid to late 1900s Strand length: 24 inches Beads Size: 13 mm in diameter.
Fine old Krobo powder glass beads handmade and hand painted in Ghana.
These great beads are made by the Krobo People of Ghana, Africa. Powder glass beads are made by crushing glass to a fine powder and heating it so that the particles fuse together. The glass is then poured into clay molds, with a cassava leaf stem used to make the hole. They are baked in an oven and the glass fuses and the cassava stem burns up. This technique has been used in Africa for centuries. For more information on powder glass beads are how they are made please see Ornaments From the Past: Bead Studies After Beck (Bead Study Trust).**038368**
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