Krobo Bead #102 Turqouise Made from telephone wire wrapped

Made from telephone wire wrapped in the traditional coil method around a rigid hardwire

Finer Thread and Weave

These handwoven baskets are woven by people from the Zulu tribe in the KwaZulu -Natal region of South Africa

This inkongoro

The round bottom neck was made with two display holes

Krobo Bead #102 Turqouise Made from telephone wire wrappedRecycled out of cast off bottles and windshield glass in Krobo Odumase, Ghana. These beautiful beads are individually cast in clay molds and fired in a wood burning kiln. After the beads have been removed from the mold and cooled, they are hand decorated and refired. The entire process can take up to four days for a complex pattern with multiple colors and designs. These beads have a long history in the region where they are worn for special