Fulani Celluloid Tamba Heirloom Necklace D trade bead currency 19th Century Chamba Iron Currency

19th Century Chamba Iron Currency In Shovel or Hoe Abstract Form 3

Early 20th Century Makua Male Initiation Mask

The condition of the beads on this strand is superb and they were lovingly restrung on a fresh cotton cord by our New York City staff

Origin is 19th Century Mexico

Fulani Celluloid Tamba Heirloom Necklace D trade bead currency 19th Century Chamba Iron CurrencyCelluloid Tamba Heirloom Necklace D Approx. 34" long end to end. Bead Approx. 8mm (Original German Celluloid Discs created in the early 1900's as a Trade Bead used extensively in West Africa) Original Heirloom Tamba Necklace Waist Beads used by Traditional Fulani Women as waist decoration. These unusual flat disc shaped beads were much beloved in West Africa for their exotic material (resembling indigenous coconut shell disc shape beads but much