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Bold, bright, passionate! An assortment of 300 to 500-year-old trade beads recovered from shipwrecks off Mozambique Island make a statement in this one-of-a-kind bracelet. With hues of ruby, pomegranate, scarlet and garnet, the Pasiona Bracelet is a piece of history with a pop. Tiny carnelian beads and a Thai Hill Tribes fine silver toggle clasp complete the look.
Thee Pasiona Bracelet includes the much-sought-after Cornaline d'Aleppo beads, beautifully textured after centuries under the sea.
Length: about 8" (20 cm).
*** 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, dozens of 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.
Thee Pasiona Bracelet includes the much-sought-after Cornaline d'Aleppo beads, beautifully textured after centuries under the sea.
Length: about 8" (20 cm).
*** 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, dozens of 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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