Glass Adornments

These are 100% Glass Krobo Trading Beads from Ghana, West Africa. A Tradition over 1000 years old. They were used as currency on the ancient trade route controlled by the Ashanti People. Beads still play an important role in Krobo society, be it in rituals of birth, coming of age, marriage, or death. The beads are hand-painted then imported from Accra, Ghana to Baltimore where we design and make each piece by hand.