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7.African antique trade bead necklace 1 |
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It's one of my private treasures.
I hear it was made in 17 or 18 ceturies.
It's the antique glassbeads made in Italy and the Netherlands in European Great Navigation Age.
In old Africa, I hear it was an important trade item,sometimes exchaged with slaves.
It looks beautiful, but it has a really sad history.
Now it's hard to get and it's very expensive.
Antique glassbeads are known as power accessories.And they began to prevail all over the world.
You could sometimes watch these antique glassbeads at the world beads exhibitions. |
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