{"product_id":"vinyl-heishi-mostly-red-with-a-little-black-6mm-on-29-strand","title":"Vinyl Heishi, Mostly Red with a Little Black, 6mm on 29\" Strand","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVinyl heishi mostly red with a little black on 29\" strand 12\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI used Vinyl in the title, because that has become the common name for these beads, but there is no truth whatsoever in widely published nonsense they were made of recycled phonograph records.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThey are labeled as “Vulcanic” on the original Bohemian bead factory sample cards in the Jablonec Museum. And just to be sure that no future misnomers get started here, they have nothing to do with volcanoes either\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThey are an early form of plastic designed to imitate and\/or expand on the types of heishe (clam, snail, ostrich egg and coconut shell) already popular in Africa.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bohemian bead producers were experts at this early \"market research\", sending intrepid agents to all parts of the continent to discover what beads people were using, and what they might like to see reproduced in colorful glass or other materials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bead-Zone.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40378773110869,"sku":"AFO-63","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/4388\/1301\/products\/AFO-63Bead-Zone.com.jpg?v=1665614459","url":"https:\/\/www.beadazzled.com\/products\/vinyl-heishi-mostly-red-with-a-little-black-6mm-on-29-strand","provider":"Beadazzled.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}