A beautiful collection of Venezian lampwork beads as well as other styles
A colourful selection of plastic beads from Kenya
A popular way of making beads by rolling up long thin strips of coloured paper Kenya
Amulett Claw from animal
Antic chevron bead, Venice Nigeria
Batik bone beads, Kenya
Baye Fall necklaces made out of wooden beads in diffferent shapes
Bead looming
Bead weaving
Beads made from thin stripes of wood popular in the Nordic countries in the 70’s Sweden
Beautiful necklace made up from wooden disks, coloured beads and seeds Unknow origin
Blown glass beads II
Bodom beads made by Krobos in Ghana are believed to have magical power Here with translucent Gige beads on each side
Bone beads, India
Coconut shell bead disks Kenya
Coral beads, Yoruba Nigeria
Cover picture Beads (1)
Cow horn beads, Kenya
Czech glass crystals and handmade glass beads
Delicas beads Japan
Embroidery
Faience beads, Egypt
Fish vertebrae, Amazonas
Kazuuri clay beads, Kenya
Krobo beads Tsakati beads, colored disk beads, Gige beads, Mue ne Angma and in the lower right corner; Bodom bead
Krobo beads Tsakati style
Krono beads Mue Ne Angma style and disk beads
Large cowrie shells, Afghanistan Pakistan
Metal strings
Millefiori one of the big successes from Venecia Made up from many small slices of glass rods and meltet together to perfection
Modern spindle whorls, Mali
Mummy mask, Egypt
Necklace made up from seeds called Job’s Tears as well as fish shells Rainforest of Ecuador
Necklace of tiny mussels Pacific Ocean
Old antic clay beads Ecuador
Osterich egg shell beads one of the oldest type of beads and decoration Some of the oldest samples are found in Kenya and are more than 40000 years old (1)
Pearls known as one of natures treasures, are found both in sea and fresh water mussels The Asians found a way to cultivate pearls and made it into a big industry
Plastic beads used around the waist with women Senegal
Seed beads of different size and colour (Lucky Beans, Job’s Tears and larger fruit stones)
Strawberry Kazuuri beads, Kenya
Turkana collar, Kenya made of seeds
Variety of modern seed beads and bugle beads some millefiori
Venetian Millefiori, Lampwork, Goldstone and Frosten beads
