- Dimension:
- 17X25
- Decoration:
- Eye Beads
- Processing:
- Lamp Beads
- Book Reference:
- fig.65 | p.156
Important bead, commonly called ambassador or French ambassador bead, in the black variety. Documented as early as 1830, they were especially traded in Eastern Africa and, more rarely, in Western Africa.
- Biggest Bead Dimension:
- 17X25
- Decoration:
- Eye Beads
- Processing:
- Lamp Beads
- Book Reference:
- fig.236 | p.290
Two strands of important beads, commonly called ambassador or French ambassador beads, in the black variety and a rare transparent version. Made at the turn of the twentieth century.