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A wire-wrapped chain of 300-year-old Mozambique Island trade beads leads to a handmade Thai Hill Tribes silver heart pendant. The tiny trade beads range from sky blue to turquoise and have a beautiful texture from the centuries spent under the sea. Delicate, but not too sweet.
Length: about 18" (46 cm) including a Thai Hill Tribes fine silver toggle clasp.
*** about Mozambique Island Trade Beads ***
A historical trading center with ties to Arabia, Persia and India, Mozambique Island was settled by the Portuguese shortly after Vasco da Gama's arrival in 1548. In 1558, it was named the capital of Portuguese East Africa.
Over the years, some 500 ships sank off the island, spilling such trade items as pottery, glass beads, ivory and coins into the shallow waters of the Indian Ocean. Today, at low tide, local boys dig in the exposed sand flats for the remnants of these treasures. The beads used in this bracelet were purchased directly from the boys on the island, as they are not available commercially.
Length: about 18" (46 cm) including a Thai Hill Tribes fine silver toggle clasp.
*** about Mozambique Island Trade Beads ***
A historical trading center with ties to Arabia, Persia and India, Mozambique Island was settled by the Portuguese shortly after Vasco da Gama's arrival in 1548. In 1558, it was named the capital of Portuguese East Africa.
Over the years, some 500 ships sank off the island, spilling such trade items as pottery, glass beads, ivory and coins into the shallow waters of the Indian Ocean. Today, at low tide, local boys dig in the exposed sand flats for the remnants of these treasures. The beads used in this bracelet were purchased directly from the boys on the island, as they are not available commercially.
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