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2. Glass in sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia

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   Little evidence of beads produced from molds are found in Sub-Saharan Africa, [3] however it is understood that beads of this form were produced by dropping molten glass into a preformed open clay mold and then “punched” with a core to take on the mould's form. Holes could then be drilled through molded beads or, beads produced from half ...

3. Trade beads - Wikipedia

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   The beads were integrated in Native American jewelry using various beadwork techniques. Trade beads were also used by early Europeans to purchase African resources, [2] including slaves in the African slave trade. Aggry beads are a particular type of decorated glass bead from Ghana. The practice continued until the early twentieth century.

4. Powder glass beads - Wikipedia

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   Krobo bead making has been documented to date from as early as the 1920s but despite limited archaeological evidence, it is believed that Ghanaian powder glass bead making dates further back. Bead making in Ghana was first documented by John Barbot in 1746. [1] Beads still play important roles in Krobo society, be it in rituals of birth, coming ...

5. Beadwork - Wikipedia

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   Several African nations outside of Egypt have beadwork traditions. Aggry (also spelled aggri or aggrey) beads, a type of decorated glass bead, are used by Ghanaians and other West Africans to make necklaces and bracelets that may be traded for other goods. [36] These beads are often believed to have magical medicinal of fertility powers.

6. Glass bead making - Wikipedia

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   Also in Africa, Kiffa beads are made in Mauritania, historically by women, using powdered glass that the bead maker usually grinds from commercially available glass seed beads and recycled glass. Molded ground glass, if painted into the mold, is called pate de verre, and the technique can be used to make beads, though pendants and cabochons are ...

7. Aggry beads - Wikipedia

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   Aggry beads (also spelled aggri beads or aggrey beads) are a type of decorated glass bead from Ghana, used by West Africans as ornaments in necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry. [ 1 ] Aggry beads are also called Koli, Cori, Kor, Segi, Accori, or Ekeur.