Bohemian, Vintage Flat Pear Shape Beads, Green 12x18mm in Sets of 8 Beads
SKU: AFE-2088
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$12.00
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Description
- These beads are priced and sold as a set of 8
- Flat pear shaped components from vintage African "Wedding Bead Necklace" (See: AFT-180 for example.) These are all matched green translucent mini pendants in excellent condition. Fun for earrings...
- Made in Bohemia (now Czech Republic) during the 1800s to early 1900s
- Traded to Africa where they became especially popular among the Fulani of Mali.
- I've heard two stories about why they are called Wedding beads: a) they are passed from mother to daughter at the latter's marriage, b) they are worn by drummers who perform at Fulani weddings.