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Funky Frog's Bead Soup.... a collection of gorgeous African Recycled Glass beads... This Bead Soup is various Red Recycled Glass Beads in various sizes and shapes.There are two Beads Soups to choose from. You will receive all the beads in the image. -
Red Tube Glass Beads with the hole in the middle of tube so has an irregular shape. These beads were found in the Koforidua Market in Ghana, W. Africa. Not sure of their origins. The beads are about 4x7 mm strung on raffia 23" long. -
6 Red with dark flecks Rectangular Recycled Glass Beads polished satiny smooth. These beads are about 22 x 15 x 8 mm. They are handcrafted so could vary in colour, shape and size. These beads were made especially for Funky Frog by an innovative Bead Designer, Tet outside Accra, Ghana. $3/6beads -
6 small tubular Red Recycled Glass beads with brown speckles and a smooth, polished satiny finish. The bead is about 12 mm x 12 mm. These beads are handmade so there will be differences in colour and size among the beads. These beads are made by an innovative Bead Designer named Tet for Funky Frog. It is always a pleasure to go and see what new designs he has come up with in his small cottage industry in the outskirts of Accra. $3/6 beads There are large matching Tubular Recycled Glass beads as seen in 2nd last image here. -
These red Vintage Vinyl Beads are strung on string and a strand is 29" long.The 'heishi' beads are about 3 mm. You will receive a strand that is similar to the ones in the photos. These Vinyl Beads make great spacer beads. Folklore has it that these beads were made from old records but apparently they are actually made from an early rubber product called Vulcanite. Vulcanite is a hard, moldable rubber that has been formed by “vulcanizing” natural rubber through a curing process that involves high heat and the addition of sulfur. The result is a hard substance sometimes called “ebonite” that was used in the Victorian period to make mourning jewelry, combs, ornaments and buttons. -
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A beautiful strand of about 19 ruby red Bohemian Glass beads strung on a strand about 28" long. These translucent beads were originally made in Czechoslovakia for African Trade. The beads vary in size about 35 mm x 12 mm. The strand you will receive will be similar to the one in the photo but there could be variations. These beads have a lot of history and will show the wear of their storied past. -
Red Elbow Beads that are made of a satiny smooth, very light acrylic or plastic. African Beads are gorgeous but a lot of people find they are heavy so beads that are lightweight but well made is always a great find. These beads do not look 'plastic' but mimic glass without the heft. About 23 beads which are about 30 mm x 8 mm strung on string about 30" long.
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