These beads as babalola said are called drawn beads meaning that artisans used a unique technique that included using an air bubble to make the beads holes.
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If the bead is over 100 years old it would generally be considered to be an.
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In other cases the women would pour the clay into a mould made of pottery wood or a calabash.
Of course indian craftspeople were making drawn glass beads many centuries before the west african artisans with earlier archaeological finds suggesting that such beads were made in.
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The making of pottery in africa began around the 7th millennium bc and continues to this day in the various regions of the continent.
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In most cases pottery was made by women clay was worked on entirely by hand and shaped and fashioned into the desired shape.
In the case of this article the term vintage is used to refer to any bead over 30 years of age and under 100 years.
Identifying vintage beads from modern beads is a useful skill especially where the cost difference matters or you re a collector of vintage items.
It is a safe procedure if done correctly.
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Selection of african tribal pottery from differnet tribes burkina faso pottery diversity of africa the vast african continent contains an extreme diversity of cultures countries and terrains.
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This has had a critical influence on the styles and techniques that are employed to create their pottery wares.
One of the constants in their traditional pottery production is that they are usually hand.
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According to meri prices will vary depending on the size of the bead and the piercer s preference reputation but they can start at as little as 50.
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However african bead sellers and collectors pasted the name padre beads to all opaque turquoise blue glass beads even those that were venetian or czech.