Found all over West Africa ... some of these beads were found in the bush
and on the shore near the old Albreda trading post at Juffureh,
on the banks of the River Gambia.
This village was the location used as the home of Kunta Kinte by Alex Haley,
when he wrote his famous Roots story.

Old drawn glass
'Porcelain' beads
Average diameter 9 mm
 showing the patina of age
and typical of the
West African trade
Strand length 23 ins / 58 mm
ATB 147  £22  Sold
Strand length  32 ins / 81 cm
Beads from 5 x 3 to 12 x 13 mm
ATB 147 a  £36  Sold

Tiny but beautiful early
6 x 4 mm oval glass beads
Outer Strand 24 ins / 61 cm
ATB 147-01 £22  Sold
Inner Strand 22 ins / 56 cm
ATB 147-02   £18

Smaller matched
'Porcelain' beads
Strand length  22 ins / 56 cm
Beads 4 x 3 mm
ATB 147 b  £22

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