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This beautiful book documents early-style beads made of cowrie shells, semi-precious stones and clay, and then shows in splendid detail hundreds of beads made of glass and other human-made materials that have been made by Europeans and Africans and traded for the last 600 years in Central and East Africa.

African Trade Beads

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    A Paperback by Issa Traore

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      Publisher Firefly Books
      Published 3 June 2025
      ISBN-13 9780228105008
      978-0228105008
      ISBN-10 0228105005

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This beautiful book documents early-style beads made of cowrie shells, semi-precious stones and clay, and then shows in splendid detail hundreds of beads made of glass and other human-made materials that have been made by Europeans and Africans and traded for the last 600 years in Central and East Africa.

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