Powderglass "Bodom" Style Bead, Large, Vintage 1970's Version, 35mm Diameter
SKU: AFE-708
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Description
- Large yellow pouderglass "Bodom" bead with green and brown designs
- 35mm diameter with large 4-5mm pefroration
- Found in eastern Ghana early 1970s
- The name Bodom has been applied to large, old, usually yellow, powderglass beads for decades, but this is a misnomer. The term Bodom actually applies only to beads belonging to the Queen Mother of the Ashanti, and her beads have not been seen by people knowledgeable about beads in a long time. According to Jamey Allen writing in “The Wild Beads of Africa” her collection likely contains a variety of beads including old powderglass Bodom beads, gold, and trade beads from Europe and the Islamic world.
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The correct Krobo word for large focal beads, including, but not limited to powderglass, is “kpo”
- Antique Bodom beads had designs applied to the surface n molten glass, the more recent "Bodom" beads are made entirely with powderglass method. It takes a lot of skill to create the designs in powdered glass in a mold. The fuzzy edges on the designs, give away the, which I think is actually a more dificult process.
- At least on Ghanaian glass beadmaker has learned hot-working techniques, I expect it won't be long before we see more and different Bodom imitations'