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Bodom Beads
Also known as Krobo beads, they are made by the Krobo people of Ghana, Africa. Powdered glass
beads are made by crushing glass to a fine powder and heating it so that the
particles fuse together. The glass is then poured into clay molds, with a
cassava leaf stem used to make the hole. They are baked in an oven and the glass
fuses and the casssava stem burns up. This technique has been used in Africa for
centuries. In olden times these beads were reserved for tribal chiefs.
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Nice lot of seven assorted yellow Bodom beads from Africa.
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