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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Red and yellow copper spiraled beads, worn around the neck on thick leather cords. L. 10-15 cm. Borana, Southern-Ethiopia.

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