Several ropes of very old bakelite (phenolic resin) beads, probably produced in Germany in the 1920-40's. Very popular in North- and West-Africa with Berber and Fulani tribes. Used as an imitation of amber.

A collection of brightly coloured tradebeads from Venice; "Millefiori"-beads. Produced in the early 20th Cent.

Strings of glass-paste beads or "Hebron"-beads of different colours. Produced in Palestine in the 19th Cent.

Large collection of strings of glass beads, originating from the Syrian region and produced in the 14-17th Cent. Beautiful blue colour, some beads are worn on the surface. Found in former homesteads in Central-Mali.

Beautiful powder-glass beads, produced in Ghana by the Ashanti. Multi-layered. 1970-1990.

Glass triangular beads. Bohemian production from the 1960-70's. Used in Mali by Fulani women as "wedding beads".

Collection of yellow/red glass beads, made in Bohemia in the 1960-70's and exported to Ethiopia for use by different tribes in the South. The yellow beads are made to imitate amber. Diam. 30 x 17 cm.

Strings of small “drop beads” or “wedding beads”, made in the Czech Republic in the 1960-1970's. Worn by Fulani-women in Mali.

Small “Millefiori” beads or “Trade beads”, made in Venice around 1900 and found in Ghana.

Strings of thin disc-beads of Bohemian origin (“Kofi's”), made in the 1950-1970's. Worn in Ghana.

Glass ,“dotted”, beads produced in Venice around 1900 and found in Ethiopia.

Glassbeads in different colours with a Dutch origin. Made between1600-1800. Found in Ethiopia.

Three ropes of Venetian-made beads from around 1900 and used in West-Africa.

Blue and white glass beads, produced in Amsterdam in the 17-18th Cent. Nice translucent beads, worn in the Guinea's of West-Africa.

Well-used powder-glass beads, produced locally in Ghana as imitations of expensive European imports. From the 1950-70's. Ashanti-people.

A collection of beautiful "ellbow"-beads made in Venice in the late 19th and early 20th Cent. Millefiori-beads. Found in Ghana.

A collection of blue and white glass beads, made in Amsterdam in the 17th-18th Cent. Found in West-Africa.

Neolithic quarz beads, collected in the Saharan sands of Northern-Mali.