GIZA – Dark Green retailer Jade Beaded stretch Bracelet with Brass African Trade Bead and African Bauxite

Make a statement of ethnicity with this dark green Jade bracelet for men or women that features a handmade African Brass Rice basket Trade bead and African Bauxite Trade beads. This culturally inspired bracelet measures approximately 8”.

JADE – Dark green jade can be considered a stone of good fortune, abundance and peace.

AFRICAN BRASS BEADS- For centuries, these hand-crafted beads doubled as a primitive form of currency in parts of Ethiopia and Ghana – ironically the two countries where this ancient art-form is seeing a widespread revival. Brass Beads continue to serve as a symbol of status in some parts of east Africa. Many antique brass beads from Africa were handmade using the “lost wax” process adopted by native craftsmen – a largely unevolved technique whereby molten metal is poured into a hardened, handmade wax cast and allowed to set.


BAUXITE TRADE BEADS- Bauxite is a kind of aluminum ore and is a beautiful dark rusty chestnut color. These wonderful old beads are cut, carved, polished and drilled by hand in Africa. Most of the production of bauxite beads today is in Ghana, African, in a small village called Akyem Abompe. It is a unique center of bead production where practically retailer each family is maintaining themselves through manufacture of beads. The patina of bauxite beads is warm and earthy and the most beautiful are said to be the ones which have been worn for a while.