African Recylced Glass Beads

Authentic large strand of jumbo sized blue aqua recycled glass beads handmade by the Krobo people of Ghana.  Glass beads are made by crushing glass to a fine powder and heating it up to fuse the particles together.  The glass is then poured into a clay mold with a cassave leaf stem which makes the hole.  The beads are then baked in an oven where the cassava stem burns up.  This technique has been used in Ghana for centuries. Because of the size of these beads, it is not uncommon for a strand to have a few beads with internal fractures.

Approx. 24" Long