New African trade beads Ashanti brass Krobo powder glass beads necklace Ghana SB-35531

A beautiful strand of different NEW powder glass African beads, made by the people of Kroboland/Krobo , IMITATING old Venetian FANCY trade beads and NEW brass beads.

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 strand is app. 27" (69 cm) long (of beads).

The size of the beads is 9-20 mm in diameter.

All beads are 100 % handmade.