A beautiful necklace handmade from different NEW powder glass African beads, IMITATING old Venetian FANCY trade beads and NEW Ashanti / Akan brass beads strung on a wax cord.
The brass beads are made in the Ashanti region (Kumasi - Ghana, West Africa) using the Ancient "Lost wax" technique. A mold is prepared for each bead that is destroyed in order to remove the bead! For each bead a hand made mold from wax is needed!
The glass beads (Krobo land - Ghana, West Africa) are made from bottles and other glass items that are turned into powder, then into molds in order to create this nice looking beads.
The necklace is 26" ( 66 cm ) long. The sizes of the glass beads are 10 - 14 mm in diameter. The sizes of the long brass beads are 25 - 28 mm X 10 mm.
All beads are100% handmade.
YOUR NECKLACE WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THE ONE SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH (GIVEN NORMAL VARIATION SINCE THESE BEADS ARE ALL COMPLETELY HANDMADE).
