African Powder-Glass-
West Africans have been using old and scrap glass for their bead-making for over 1000 years. The glass is pounded into a fine powder - poured into clay moulds, in various sequences
to achieve the desired designs - then heated to fuse the particles together. A slow-burning Cassava leaf stem is placed in the centre of the mould, which burns away to leave the hole.
Over the last 400 years,the peoples of the Asante and Krobo tribal areas in Ghana have been the leading exponents of this art. Individual village production can be identified from the different colours and patterns and older production beads are becoming very collectible.
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       Early production from Ghana           Click HERE for Small Collections from Mali

pg 236
15 x 15  £5

pg 239
13 x 15  £5

pg 242
10 x 10  £5

pg 244
12 x 8 £4

pg 245
17 x 9 £4

pg 246
10 x 8 £4

pg 248
5 x 14 Disc  £5

pg 251-01
22 x 8 £5

pg 251-02
17 x 13  £5

pg 251-03
12 x 15  £5

pg 251-04
8 x 14 £5 Sold

pg 251-05
9 x 11 £5

pg 251-06
8 x 11 £5

pg 251-07
8 x 11 £5

pg 251-08
8 x 11 £5

pg 251-09
10 x 13  £5

pg 251-10
9 x 11 £5

pg 251-11
9 x 13 £5

pg 251-12  Worn pattern
13 x 13  £5

pg 251-13  Concave hole 3-5mm
32 x 12  £8   Sold

pg 251-14  Concave hole 2-4mm
46 x 16  £8

Modern production from Ghana

pg 250-01
16 x 24  £5

pg 250-02
17 x 23  £5

pg 250-02
Side view

pg 250-03
17 x 23  £5

pg 250-04
14 x 25  £5

pg 250-05
18 x 12  £5

pg 250-06
15 x 12  £4

pg 250-07
18 x 8 £4

pg 250-08
14 x 8 £4

pg 250-09
13 x 9 £4

pg 250-10
11 x 9 £4

pg 250-11
13 x 7 £3

 Powder & Bottle Glass made in Africa         Click HERE for Small Collections

pg 200
13 x 6 cyl
£3

pg 201
24 x 12 cyl c
£4

   pg 202**
15 x 13 cyl
£3

pg 203
18 x 11
 £3

pg 206
13 x 10 cyl
£3

pg 207
13 x 13 b
£3

pg 208
13 x 11 b
£3

pg 210
17x10 e
£3

pg 213
8 x 9 b
£3

pg 214
7 x 9 b
£3 Sold

pg 215
22 x 13 cyl
£3

pg 217
18 x 17 bi
£4

pg 218
6 x 13 disc
Early £4

pg 219
15 x 8 cyl
£3

pg 220
18x14 e
£3

pg 222
7x16 tablet
£3

pg 223
18x8 cyl
£3

pg 224
13x8 cyl
£3

pg 225
18 x 12
£3

pg 226
19 x 10
£3

pg 227
15 x 10
£3

pg 228
16 x 11
£3

pg 229
11 x 12
£3 Sold

pg 230
16 x 11
£3

pg 231
11 x 10
£4 Sold

pg 232
15 x 10
£3 Sold

pg 233
10 x 10
Early £4

pg 234
7 x 11
£3

pg 235
15 x 6
£3

pg 252-01
22x14
£4 Sold

pg 252-02
10 x 14
£3

pg 252-03
13 x 13
£3

pg 252-04
14 x 8
£3

pg 252-05
19 x 8
£3

pg 252-06
13 x 9 Cube £3

pg 252-07
11 x 9
£3

pg 252-08
11 x 7
£3

pg 252-09
13 x 8
£3 Sold

pg 252-10
9 x 8
£3

pg 252-11
8 x 8
£3 Sold

pg 252-12
7 x 9
£3

pg 252-13
14 x 12
£3

pg 252-14
12 x 10
£3

pg 252-15
12 x 10
£3

pg 252-16
12 x 10
£3

pg 252-17
9 x 10
£3 Sold

pg 252-18
13 x 9
£3

Key: Measurements in mm ( width along hole x diameter )  ** = with aventurine
Shape: b = barrel     bic = bicone    cyl = cylinder  c = small chip e = early production
           e = ellipsoid    sp = spherical   ta = tabular   V = variable pattern style

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