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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
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
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
5 beads, 12 mm each
1 bead, 19 mm
1 bead, 15 mm
7 beads, average 11 mm
1 bead, 12 mm
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
24 beads, 21 inches
5 beads on leather
1 bead, 15 mm
100 four-hole buttons, about 12 mm each
34 inches
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
46 mm and bail
large:  23 mm wide; small:  17 mm wide
21 inches, 5 charms
38 mm and bail
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
60 mm
3-4 x 4-5 cm
17 inches
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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