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• How to clean your Antique African Trade Beads
• by africadirect( 32587)
• I get many questions about how to clean and take care of old beads traded in Africa. "Trade Beads", as most of us know, are old Venetian and European beads made from the early 1500s (early 7 layer chevrons) to... 

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  trade beads | cleaning beads | Antique trade beads | Millefiori trade beads | Venetian trade beads

• 24 of 29 people found this guide helpful

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• The Yoruba People of South West Nigeria, Africa
• by africadirect( 32587)
• People: Yoruba Location: SW Nigeria Population: Perhaps 20,000,000 Arts: Yoruba beliefs and rituals, gods and spirits, with their blithering array of cults and secret societies, all of which use arts as an... 

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  Yoruba People | African Art | African Artifacts | African Sculpture | African Masks

• 16 of 18 people found this guide helpful

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• Zulu Beer Baskets from Africa
• by africadirect( 32587)
• Zulu Beer Baskets from Africa The Zulu are the largest tribe in South Africa, renowned for their artistry and craftsmanship. Zulu basketmakers are widely considered among the best in the world. For many... 

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  kuba beer basket | kuba basket | beer basket | African Kuba Baskets

• 15 of 16 people found this guide helpful

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• How are Krobo Powder Glass Beads made?
• by africadirect( 32587)
• Powder glass beads have been made in the Krobo and surrounding regions of Ghana, Africa, for centuries. For making the monochrome beads, imagine, if you will, and empty clay mold. Then imagine powdered... 

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  krobo | powder glass | krobo beads | powder glass beads | African Beads

• 12 of 16 people found this guide helpful

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• Old Kiffa Beads from Mauritania
• by africadirect( 32587)
• Kiffa Beads by Evelyn Simak The term "Kiffa" bead is a relatively new name that was created during the 1980s by US bead collectors because many of these beads were being made in and around the Mauritanian... 

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  kiffa beads | Old kiffa beads | Kiffa Beads Mauritania | Powder glass Kiffa | Powder Glass Beads

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