Ghanaian Powder Glass Bead Bracelet
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Handmade Krobo glass trade bead bracelet from Ghana. Hand painted with traditional motifs, recycled glass beads, and includes an authentic wax fabric bag and a postcard about bead making. Customer insight: value of artisan support
Highlights
- handmade Krobo beads
- recycled glass origin
- includes care/heritage packaging
Pros
- handmade in Ghana
- recycled glass beads
- traditional motifs and color
- includes wax fabric bag and postcard
- supports artisan families
Cons
- one-size stretch bracelet
- bead size reference needed for scale
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Features
- Made with handmade powder beads from the Krobo Region of Ghana
- West Africa this is a tradition over 500 years old. Hand painted with traditional motifs and layers of color. Each bead is made by recycling old glass bottles.
- Sales directly support artisan families who have been bead makers for generations.
- Each bracelets come with an authentic wax fabric bag as well as a post card that explain both the history and the bead making process. The average bead size is 10mm
- please check the bead scale picture in the listing as a refernce.
- Historically Krobo trade beads were used as currency as on the ancient trade routes well as passports for hundreds of years.
- Trade beads are often passed down from generation to generation and are worn across Ghana today for for both social and formal events such as weddings as well as every day life.
