Dutch Cobalt Hand Wound Beads 18th-19th Century Dogon Heirloom Beads / Necklaces Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus Individually shaped beads pressed in

Individually shaped beads pressed in a mould containing the sacred image of the Meditating Buddha

Hindu Deity Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles

symbol of the pilgrims to the Shrine of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain

Gemologists call this phenomena adularescence

Dutch Cobalt Hand Wound Beads 18th-19th Century Dogon Heirloom Beads / Necklaces Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus Individually shaped beads pressed inDutch Cobalt Hand Wound Beads 18th 19th Century Dogon Heirloom Beads Some of the earliest hand wound glass beads that entered the African Trade were created in Holland. These large, deeply cobalt blue colored beads were extensively traded among the Dogon people of Mali, West Africa in the 18th and 19th century Spice Trade. The beads were carried into Mali via early Dutch Traders and were sometimes also referred to as Dutch East India Company Trade