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100 grams of shea butter in plastic jar. Prepared and packaged in Ghana. Traditional skin moisturizer. Also commonly used by bead sellers to clean and shine beads. It won't spoil. $8.00
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Nan Roche. The New Clay: Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making. Rockville (MD): Flower Valley Press (1991). Softcover. Illustrated. 144 pages. The authority on polymer clay techniques. A classic! $15.00
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Diane Fitzgerald and Helen Baines. Beads and Threads: A New Technique for Fiber Jewelry. Rockville (MD): Flower Valley Press (1993). Hardcover. 132 pages. Innovative techniques combining beads and fibers. Profusely illustrated. $18.00
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M-801
Middle East
Medieval
wound with eyes
"Jenne"
Grade B
$25.00
V-801
Venetian wound
ca. 1920
lampwork
ends are ground
Grade B
$8.00
V-802
Venetian wound
ca. 1920
partially ground
Grade A-
$8.00
V-803
Venetian wound
19th century
monochromes
Grade A
$20.00
V-804
Venetian wound
19th century
end ground
Grade A
$8.00
A-801
Senegal "danq"
scented beads
ca. 1995 (limited edition)
durable, longlasting scent
Grade A
$12.00
E-801
Czech molded
ca. 1930s or later
"teeth and claws"
damaged, reground
Grade B
$9.00
D-801
Dutch drawn
17th century
"speo" finish
broken
rare type
Grade B
$15.00
A-802
Ghana (Krobo)
powder glass buttons
ca. 1994
common bottles, ceramic
colorants (four colors)
Grade A (new)
$15.00
A-803
Senegal "gowe"
peeled aromatic corms
ca. 1995
aphrodesiac "belt"
longlasting scent
Grade A
$12.00
A-804
Guinea (Koundara) baby belt
Hausa/Fulani
thread, aluminum, leather, copper
ca. 1995
not a tourist item
$8.00
C-801
Chinese pendant
porcelain fragment
silver setting
from Thailand
"bumblebee"
$15.00
A-803
Mali earrings
Fulani
painted clay
ca. 1990
imitation gold
$12.00
C-802
Chinese pendant
porcelain fragment
silver setting
from Thailand
"bearded man"
$12.00
A-805
Mali earrings
Tuareg
black wood
wire inlays
$10.00
A-806
Senegal marabout pendants. Muslim clerics,
leaders of various Muslim sects in Senegal. Worn
by devotees.
Photos under glass with electrical tape. On string.
$3.00 each. Some twenty characters available.
A-807
Mali leather necklace
braided dyed leather
modern craft item
$8.00
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