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Red Transluscent Bohemian Fulani Glass Beads
Out of stockThese vintage glass beads come from Czechoslovakia and were used for trade in West Africa. Each bead measures approximately 37-38 x 11mm with a hol...
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Original price $14.00 - Original price $14.00Original price $14.00$14.00$14.00 - $14.00Current price $14.00Turquoise White Heart Beads (8mm)
in stockCheckout this beautiful strand of turquoise color white heart beads! White hearts derive their name from the inner core of opaque white glass that ...
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Vintage Rose Pink Star Snake Beads
Out of stockThis strand of interlocking Czech glass beads is called "SNAKE" trade beads because of its similarity to the snake vertebrae. They date back from t...
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Original price $49.00 - Original price $49.00Original price $49.00$49.00$49.00 - $49.00Current price $49.00Vintage Brown Flower Beads (10mm) #10467
Only 1 left!This unusual strand of vintage flower beads likely originates in the former Czechoslovakia. Beads such as this were traded to Africa and are found ...
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Only 1 left!This unusual strand of vintage flower beads likely originates in the former Czechoslovakia. Beads such as this were traded to Africa and are found ...
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Only 10 left!This unusual strand of vintage flower beads likely originates in the former Czechoslovakia. Beads such as this were traded to Africa and are found ...
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in stockThis unusual strand of vintage flower beads likely originates in the former Czechoslovakia. Beads such as this were traded to Africa and are found ...
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Original price $59.00 - Original price $59.00Original price $59.00$59.00$59.00 - $59.00Current price $59.00Vintage Czech Glass Faux Coral Beads
Only 1 left!These unusual vintage Nigerian beads are old Czech production. Glass beads like these were made during the early 19th century in specialized bead m...
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Vintage Black Dogtooth Beads (6mm)
in stockFound in Nigeria, these authentic Venetian Glass Trade Beads derive their name from their resemblance to natural teeth. Dogtooth beads are characte...
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Original price $75.00 - Original price $75.00Original price $75.00$75.00$75.00 - $75.00Current price $75.00Vintage Black Flower Beads (10mm) #8664
Only 1 left!This unusual strand of vintage flower beads likely originates in the former Czechoslovakia. Beads such as this were traded to Africa and are found ...
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Original price $6.75 - Original price $6.75Original price $6.75$6.75$6.75 - $6.75Current price $6.75Large Assorted Vintage Christmas Beads
in stockChristmas 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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in stockChristmas 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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Green Vintage Czech Interlocking Snake Beads (9mm)
Out of stockThis strand of interlocking Czech glass beads is called "SNAKE" trade beads because of its similarity to the snake vertebrae. They date back from...
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Green Vintage Czech Interlocking Snake Beads (9mm, Long Strand)
Out of stockThis strand of interlocking Czech glass beads is called "SNAKE" trade beads because of its similarity to the snake vertebrae. They date back from...
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Brown Vintage Czech Interlocking Snake Beads (6mm, Long Strand)
Out of stockThis strand of interlocking Czech glass beads is called "SNAKE" trade beads because of its similarity to the snake vertebrae. They date back from...
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Green Vintage Prosser Button Beads (9mm, Long Strand)
Out of stockSliced Prosser Beads, otherwise known as button beads, get their name from their unique shape. These beads originated in the former Czechoslovakia ...
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Turquoise Vintage Czech Interlocking Snake Beads (9mm, Long Strand)
Out of stockThis strand of interlocking Czech glass beads is called "SNAKE" trade beads because of its similarity to the snake vertebrae. They date back from...
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in stockAdmire this rare strand of prosser beads! From the "kakamba" family of beads, these vintage Czech trade beads are exceedingly hard to find in this ...
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Vintage Kakamba Prosser Beads (6-7mm) #12674
Out of stockThe unique look of kakamba beads is easily recognized among the beads of Africa. Originally produced in former Czechoslovakia, these beads are made...
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Only 1 left!The unique look of kakamba beads is easily recognized among the beads of Africa. Originally produced in former Czechoslovakia, these beads are made...
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Vintage Kakamba Prosser Beads (6-7mm) #12670
Out of stockThe unique look of kakamba beads is easily recognized among the beads of Africa. Originally produced in former Czechoslovakia, these beads are made...
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Vintage Kakamba Prosser Beads (6-7mm) #12663
Out of stockThe unique look of kakamba beads is easily recognized among the beads of Africa. Originally produced in former Czechoslovakia, these beads are made...
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Only 1 left!The unique look of kakamba beads is easily recognized among the beads of Africa. Originally produced in former Czechoslovakia, these beads are made...
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Only 1 left!The unique look of kakamba beads is easily recognized among the beads of Africa. Originally produced in former Czechoslovakia, these beads are made...
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Czech Beads encompass a wide range of versatile styles still used in modern jewelry making. With their exuberant colors and chunky aesthetics, Bohemian Colodonte Beads are particularly popular among contemporary artisans, whom often use them as accents or spacers for larger focal beads. Imbued with powerful magical and healing properties, Fulani Funeral Beads still play a prominent part in the rituals and ceremonies of Ghanaian tribespeople – many of whom believe that these beads will aid their loved ones financially in the afterlife. Second to Venice, Old Bohemia was one of the world's leading countries for mass glass bead manufacturing during the trans-Mediterranean trading era. Czech Beads collectively define a wide range of bead styles produced by glasshouses in Czechoslovakia between the 15th and 19th Centuries. Unlike the elaborate styles produced by experimental glass-blowers in Venice, Czech Trade Beads were far simpler in style – often replications of the stone and African snake beads worn as amulets by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Czech Beads have a varied history, and one which was largely impacted by the Industrial Revolution of the 19th Century. Glass-making in North Bohemia's started out as a cottage industry, but with the introduction of machine pressing techniques, rapidly transformed into a mass production industry that would eventually rival that of Venice. New techniques allowed for greater uniformity when producing African replicas, and because most factories used molds, there was greater control over placement of the threading hole. It's for this reason that many Czech Snake Beads produced prior to the 19th Century are significantly more expensive than their modern day counterparts.