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• Kancamba Glass
Heishe Trade Beads (Circa early 1900s); Origin: Bohemia;
Collected: Africa
• Handcrafted Tuareg Antique Silver (Silver and Nickel Alloy)
Tcherot Pendant (Circa early to mid 1900); Origin: Africa;
Collected: Africa
• Handcrafted Sterling Silver Cones and Toggle Clasp from Bali
• Length: 9 Strands – 20.5” – Pendant: Approximately 2.5” x
2.5”
N0904-112: $495.00
(free S&H)
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KANCAMBA GLASS
BEADS: The lovely little glass beads can actually be
referred to by different names, depending on the locations
they were traded. In the 1830s, the Prosser Brothers
(Richard and Thomas) invented a button-making machine.
Several years later, they invented another machine to mold
beads that were quite exact in form. By the 1860s,
virtually all glass beads made in Bohemia and France were
produced using this method. All Prosser beads have a thin
seam but it is hard to spot. The beads were introduced
into the American West and often used as “wampum” with the
American Indians who incorporated them into their crafts.
As trade beads, they were often referred to as “Prosser
Trade Beads.” In African trade, they were referred to as
“Kancamba” Trade Beads. These particular “Kancamba” trade
beads originated in Bohemia in the early 1900s and were
collected in Africa.
TUAREG TCHEROT PENDANT: This talisman box was handcrafted by the
Tuareg tribe using silver and nickel alloy. The Tuareg were
predominately nomadic people of the Sahara Desert, mostly in the
northern reaches of Mali near Timbuktu and Kidal. The Tuareg are
often referred to as “Blue Men of the Desert” because their robes
are dyed indigo blue. They are a proud race of people, famous for
their fighting abilities and are excellent craftsmen renowned for
their indigo cloth, gold and silver jewelry, and carved wooden
masks. The Tuareg Tcherot Pendant are worn on necklaces by the women
and on the men’s turbans. The Tcherot is worn as a protection
amulet, for fertility and strength. Tuareg girls are given Tcherots
by their mothers when they reach the age of seventeen. In recent
times, the Tuareg have been abandoning their nomadic way of life and
taking up sedentary lifestyles. The exact age of this pendant is
unknown but was probably made some time between 1900 – 1950 and was
made and collected in Africa.
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