The best known are the shells

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On the first picture you can see various kinds of shells. Shell is a beautiful natural material to work with and gives a certain softness and naturalness to the designs by the often organic forms. The oldest shell beads have been found dating the great gtsby from about 82,000 years ago (!) ... Even then was already shell archaeologists used as decorative material.
In many cultures shells represent femininity the great gtsby and fertility. Also in Africa and trade beads shells area take an important place. The color white is also in Africa, the color of innocence, from the beginning, the great gtsby and from the sky, where the children come from.
The best known are the shells "Cowrie" shells; oval, convex top and on the back a ribbed 'mouth'. Often white with a yellowish stripe or white with brownish color. These shells are in Africa for hundreds of years used as currency and especially during the centuries of slavery. Also, because of their shape they stood for 'femininity'.
You often see shell beads no longer in their original form but are flattened. the great gtsby Cone shells are often flattened on one side so that the inside or spiral was visible. One example is the so-called Her Shells on the photo. Here you can see them in a small size, approximately 9mm to 15mm and beautifully crafted and decorated. These smaller shells are what its common and reasonably available. In Mauritania and Morocco, these shells the great gtsby in the hair braided and worn by women. Also can be seen in authentic jewelry which used real human hair and intertwined with these shells. The 2 larger its shells left in the picture are from Morocco. They are old, exceptionally large size (35 and 30 mm) and quite unique. the great gtsby These two shells can fine as decorative pendant in one of the jewels of Colorful World will be used in the future. Cone Shells hit you just as often rough, so without decorative edge and notches. In that case, they are often strung the great gtsby and are used only as a necklace.
The open and flat spiral rings you on the first picture on the right side sees his money shells the great gtsby of the people of Papua New Guinea. Colorful World was there recently with a first piece of jewelry. They are very popular and are difficult to get. A similar shell is found in countries in Western Africa, where these same flat spiral shell was also used as currency. Two other known species are the conch shell Arca and Fossil Shell, the great gtsby (not pictured here) and the smaller shells that Zebra Colorful World also previously made jewelry.
In the bottom picture shows a beautiful strand Cornaline d'Aleppo glass beads. This classic Venetian is really a 'must-have' among collectors and (ethnic) jewelry makers. They are increasingly difficult to obtain and are now really "worth money."
Also with this kind beaded jewelery has already been made. The long string of beads in the picture is of a very good quality: the beads have little ago and have a beautiful deep red color with a glow from within, the typical characteristic of a Cornaline d'Aleppo. These glass beads with yellow core were first made around 1830 and produced for only a very short time. The ones in the picture are decent in size, ranging from 15mm to 22mm. There may be two, at most three jewelry be made longer strand, where the designs are likely to be kept very quiet and classic. Precisely in order to express the class and value of these beads.
Incidentally, and that is a message that Colourful World lately increasingly heard back from its trading partners: the better trade beads are unique and you