Bodom Beads #24

In Africa,  these Bodom beads are held in the highest esteem and usually only worn for celebrations, funerals, and are often buried with the dead.  There is much folklore about their magical powers as well.

These bodoms have the evil eye. The belief in the ‘evil eye’ dates back thousands of years. It is one of the strongest symbolic symbols in the world. Wearing an evil eye as an amulet is believed to protect the wearer from evil forces. The evil eye has symbolism in practically every country in the world and every religion. Very powerful stuff!

These impressive beads are still being made today in the same painstaking and labour intensive way as the ancestors. To see these beads being made please check out the blog, the Bodom.

A strand of 26 black bodoms with a variety of coloured evil eye designs. Each Bodom is about 25 mm wide by 30 mm long with a 5 mm hole. These Bodoms were sourced directly from the Bead Artisan in Ghana, West Africa. As a strand they are gorgeous and impressive.