Beads - Sand Cast Bead Strand Vintage

Strung on Cotton these Sand Cast beads are an opaque natural color with blue, green and brown stripes. The average measurement of the beads is 1/2 inch long by 1/2 inch diameter. The strand measures about 36 inches and holds 75 beads. These are Vintage Trade Beads

Sand cast beads are also know as Powder Glass or Sugar Beads because of the grainy surface. They are actually made of Glass using clay to mold them. There origins are African starting in the 16th Century in Ghana. From there it spread to other regions of Africa.