Fulani Funeral Beads Fulani trade beads are a particular type of glass beads probably made in Bohemia (which is modern day Slovakia and the Czech Republic) in the late 1800s or early 1900s and were traded to the Fulani Tribe…
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Prosser Trade Beads
Prosser beads are African trade beads named after the Prosser brothers. The brothers invented a button making machine in the 1830′s, and started to make beads around 1840. By the 1860′s all beads were being made in England using that…
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African Don Don Sole Beads from Mali
Don Don Sole beads are colorful African trade beads originally from Czechoslovakia. They are made from glass, and are also known as Mali wedding beads because they are given to a Mali bride on her wedding day.