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2. Glass bead making - Wikipedia

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   Glass bead making has long traditions, with the oldest known beads dating over 3,000 years. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Glass beads have been dated back to at least Roman times. Perhaps the earliest glass-like beads were Egyptian faience beads, a form of clay bead with a self-forming vitreous coating.

3. Beadwork - Wikipedia

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   An elephant mask decorated with glass beads by the Bamileke people in Bandjoun, Cameroon c. 1910–1930 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 ...

4. 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.

5. Bead - Wikipedia

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   A selection of glass beads Merovingian bead Trade beads, 18th century Trade beads, 18th century. A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing.

6. Millefiori - Wikipedia

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   Apsley Pellatt in his book Curiosities of Glass Making was the first to use the term "millefiori", which appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1849; prior to that, the beads were called mosaic beads. While the use of this technique long precedes the term "millefiori", it is now most frequently associated with Venetian glassware. [2] [3]

7. New health warning issued about the dangers of water bead toys

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   One maker, Buffalo Games, also recalled more than 50,000 of its water bead activity kits in September after a 10-month-old in Wisconsin died after swallowing the beads.