Cobalt Blue Recycled Glass Beads — The Bead Chest

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. Great African glass beads from 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. Some strands may not have raffia straw at the top.

18 strand of 11mm cobalt blue translucent beads from Ghana. Approximately 25 rustic-looking beads made from recycled glass.

Cobalt Blue Recycled Glass Beads from Ghana

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