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  • Round Copper Ethiopian Beads (8mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Round Copper Ethiopian Beads (8mm)

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    Here is a beautiful strand of Ethiopian Copper Round Beads from Africa. Each bead is handmade individually. The strand is a long approx. 28", with ...

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  • Purple Fused Recycled Glass Beads (11mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Purple Fused Recycled Glass Beads (11mm)

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    Recycled glass beads are a type of indigenously produced African bead from Ghana West Africa. These beautiful purple recycled beads are made using ...

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  • River Aqua Recycled Glass Beads (14mm) - The Bead Chest
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    River Aqua Recycled Glass Beads (14mm)

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    Recycled glass beads are a type of indigenously produced African bead from Ghana West Africa. These beautiful blue color recycled beads are made us...

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  • Tangerine Orange Ashanti Glass Saucer Beads - The Bead Chest
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    Tangerine Orange Ashanti Glass Saucer Beads

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    Checkout this beautiful strand of orange color Ashanti glass saucer beads. The process of making these beads is unique to Africa and has been used ...

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  • Folded Brass Plate Ethiopian Metal Beads (13x7mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Folded Brass Plate Ethiopian Metal Beads (13x7mm)

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    Admire this great strand of brass Ethiopian metal beads. These beads have been individually fashioned by hand which lends to them a unique and rust...

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  • Ethiopian Copper Bicone Beads (8x7mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Ethiopian Copper Bicone Beads (8x7mm)

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    Take a look at these Ethiopian Copper beads from Africa. Each bead is handmade individually. The strand is a long 30", with beads measuring 8-9mm w...

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  • Green African Bead Bracelet - The Bead Chest
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    Green African Bead Bracelet

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    This beautiful piece of jewelry designed and created by a local craftsman in Ghana. This bracelet was made by combining a unique combination of Afr...

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  • Black Fused Recycled Glass Beads (11mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Black Fused Recycled Glass Beads (11mm)

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    Recycled glass beads are a type of indigenously produced African bead from Ghana West Africa. These beautiful black recycled beads are made using a...

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  • House Medley Krobo Beads - The Bead Chest
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    House Medley Krobo Beads

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    Beautiful strand of glass beads in a nice multicolor color. The strand has approximately 40-45 beads and measures 29" in length. Each bead measures...

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  • Ethiopian Silver Tube Beads (5x3mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Ethiopian Silver Tube Beads (5x3mm)

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    Admire this great strand of silver Ethiopian tube metal beads. These beads have been individually fashioned by hand which lends to them a unique an...

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  • Kenya White Bone Beads (Geometric) - The Bead Chest
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    Kenya White Bone Beads (Geometric)

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    Admire this unusual strand of bone beads from Kenya. While Kenyan bone beads are common in a variety of shapes and styles, these beads come in a ha...

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  • Carved X Round Mala Bone Beads (8mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Carved X Round Mala Bone Beads (8mm)

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    These Nepali Mala beads are made of artisan carved bone beads. Each bead measures approximately 6-7 x 8mm with a hole size of approximately 2.5mm. ...

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  • Dark Brown Wood Bracelet (8mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Dark Brown Wood Bracelet (8mm)

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    This beautiful bracelet is made of top quality natural wood beads. Available in a variety of natural-tone finishes, our wooden beads are handmade, ...

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  • White Vinyl Phono Record Beads (4mm) - The Bead Chest
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    White Vinyl Phono Record Beads (4mm)

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    Take a look at this unusual strand of white color African Phono Record beads. The strand measures a whopping 32-36" long with beads measuring 4mm i...

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  • Crimson Red Fused Recycled Glass Beads (11mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Crimson Red Fused Recycled Glass Beads (11mm)

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    Recycled glass beads are a type of indigenously produced African bead from Ghana West Africa. These beautiful red recycled beads are made using an ...

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  • Azul Recycled Glass Beads (14mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Azul Recycled Glass Beads (14mm)

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    Recycled glass beads are a type of indigenously produced African bead from Ghana West Africa. These beautiful light azul color recycled beads are m...

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  • Jumbo Clear Recycled Glass Beads (23mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Jumbo Clear Recycled Glass Beads (23mm)

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    Take a look at this exceptionally large strand of jumbo-sized clear recycled glass beads. Large beads such as these are hard to find and even harde...

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  • Jumbo Baby Blue Recycled Glass Beads (23mm) - The Bead Chest
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    Jumbo Baby Blue Recycled Glass Beads (23mm)

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    Take a look at this exceptionally large strand of jumbo-sized blue recycled glass beads. Large beads such as these are hard to find and even harder...

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  • Turquoise Blue Nepal Mala Bracelet - The Bead Chest
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    Turquoise Blue Nepal Mala Bracelet

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    Malas are traditionally used in Buddhist culture as a part of the practice of meditation, however, today malas are enjoyed by people around the wor...

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  • Honey Brown Nepal Mala Bracelet - The Bead Chest
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    Honey Brown Nepal Mala Bracelet

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    Malas are traditionally used in Buddhist culture as a part of the practice of meditation, however, today malas are enjoyed by people around the wor...

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  • Kitase Tribal Krobo Beads - The Bead Chest
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    Kitase Tribal Krobo Beads

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    This beautiful strand of African powder glass beads was made by the people of Krobo Mountain in Ghana, West Africa. Many designs of Krobo beads are...

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  • Amber Color Sandcast Cylinder Beads - The Bead Chest
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    Amber Color Sandcast Cylinder Beads

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    Checkout this beautiful strand of African sandcast. The process of making these beads is unique to Africa and has been used for over 1000 years. P...

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  • Mixed Vintage Christmas Beads (Bolgatanga Medley) - The Bead Chest
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    Mixed Vintage Christmas Beads (Bolgatanga Medley)

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    Christmas beads comprise of a special blend of choice beads created in former Czechoslovakia for use in Africa. Also known as "African love beads,"...

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  • Skunk Elbow Krobo Powder Glass Beads - The Bead Chest
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    Skunk Elbow Krobo Powder Glass Beads

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    A beautiful strand of powder glass African beads, made by the people of Krobo Mountain (Ghana, West Africa), reproducing old Venetian FANCY trade b...

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While The Bead Chest is primarily an African bead importer, we also offer finished African Jewelry to those looking for ready-to-wear pieces. African Jewelry is a melting pot of contemporary and traditional styles, many of which have been replicated extensively in popular Western fashion culture. But, African Jewelry serves for a number of other functions besides self expression and bodily adornment, particularly amongst ethnic groups (such as the Krobo of Ghana) where social hierarchy is still an endemic part of their culture. Large bulbous Glass Trade Beads worn in multiple strands around the neck can be indicative of wealth, status and purity; used in rites of prayer and marriage, or have some medicinal value, such as an aid for female fertility. The oldest beads found in Africa in 2004 were a strand of 75,000 year old ostrich shell Heishi Beads, which are particularly favoured by the Ashanti tribe of Ghana whom believe they can significantly enhance fertility. Almost every indigenous group in Africa uses jewelry as a means of communication in one way or another. Known for their exuberant beaded collars and head dresses, the Yoruba women of West Africa utilise tiny glass Christmas Beads for waist adornments, with the primary intention of luring the attention of a potential mate to her form. In Ghanaian culture, the glass beads used are recycled from other materials and tend to be far larger and uniform in shape. They are used to attract attention to the female form, and are also believed to aid gastro-intestinal health. African Pendants are undoubtedly one of the most imitated forms of jewelry in the West. Focal pendants, such as those produced by the predominantly Muslim Tuareg people of the Western Sahara, have been adopted by many other cultures where Islam is the primary religion – namely due to the ancient Islamic texts and references inscribed upon them. Of course, such pendants are also popular due to their contemporary aesthetics. Moroccan Pendants collectively encompass a wide range of focal styles and timeless symmetric designs that many find appealing. Old Berber Pendants are often inset with semi-precious stones such as amber, amazonite and quartz, making them all the more desirable.