Hebron, aka Kano Beads, Green & Blue Green, Strand of 49 Beads
SKU: PDX-12
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$175.00
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Description
- Especially nice strand of 49 green and blue green Hebron (aka Kano) beads
- These antique wound beads range in size form 8x10mm to 17x26mm
- Overall they're in great shape although the color will likely look much brighter if they are gently washed with dishwashing liquid and a nail brush
- Made in Hebron near Jerusalem, by bead-makers who emigrated from Tyre in present day Syria. Dead Sea salt was used as the alkali in their glass mix.
- The industry thrived from the 12th century until 1878 exporting beads throughout the region.
- The beads are still treasured in Sudan, where yellow is the favored color and the most common. Green and Blue-Green and Blue are much rarer and much more popular in Europe and the US.
- Hebron beads eventually made their way across the Sahara and ended up in the Nigerian trading town of Kano - hence their alternate name. Hausa traders carried them from there to markets around West Africa.
- See PDX-14 for a similar strand and for yellow Hebron beads see JSD-136 or JSD-794