Tabular, antique semi-opaque red glass wedding beads on short 11-inch strand. Early red glass required gold as a colorant and is thus more expensive than other colors of glass. Only one strand available
Mali Wedding beads are molded Czech glass reproductions of an earlier stone design popular in the Sahel region and northwest coast of Africa
Made in Bohemia (now Czech Republic) between about 1850 to early 1900s
Traded to Africa where they became especially popular among the Fulani of Mali.
I've heard two stories about why they are called Wedding beads: a) they are passed from mother to daughter at the latter's marriage, b) they are worn by drummers who perform at Fulani weddings
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