Ashanti Saucer Glass Bead Bracelet And The Purple Lamp Work Bracelet With Intertwined Black Leather Large Heart Shaped Lamp Work Bead

The Ashanti Saucer Glass Beaded Bracelet is made with twelve green Ashanti saucer glass beads, four Tree agate beads, two green glass Chevron beads, two yellow Czech glass beads, eight small purple iridescent crystal beads and sixteen silver-plated caps. *Hailing from the Ashanti region of Ghana, Ashanti beads are also known as "talking beads" gaining their name from the distinct sounds the beads make while a person moves. *Chevron beads are special glass beads; the first specimens of this type were created by glass bead makers in Venice and Murano, Italy, toward the end of the 14th century. They may also be referred to as rosetta, or star beads. *Czech glass beads are made from pressed, fire-polished glass. The Purple Lamp Work Bracelet is made with purple, black and white Lamp Work glass beads, smaller black/white glass beads, tiny diamond-shaped dark purple iridescent glass beads and black leather intertwined throughout the bracelet. *Lamp Work is the term used for making beads from melting & forming glass in a flame.