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Mystery Bead Contest - December Please study this bead carefully
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How the Contest Works: Each month, the Bead Society will post a picture of a "mystery bead" on this page. The beads shown will be well known types such as those Peter Frances called Celebrity Beads. These are beads with a history, beads that have inspired those who own them and wear them. Identify the bead by name and/or a proper description,
then write it on a on a slip of paper with your name at the next
meeting of the Bead Society. Your entry will be placed in a hat
for a drawing, and you could win a prize. So check on this page
on the website often. |
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Previous Contest - December 2009  Answer: |
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Previous Contest - October 2009  Answer: The mystery bead for October is a blown glass bead made in Europe, probably from Germany. They were most likely made in the late 19th century to the early 20th century and were traded into Africa. Colors of the stripes can vary. Length is 9.4 cm. Diameter is 18 mm. - Winner: Nikki Donahue! |
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Previous Contest - September 2009 
Answer: This large beautiful blue fancy bead was made in Venice, probably late in the 19th or early in the 20th century. The bead was made by winding molten glass around a metal mandrel and then decorating it while still hot with glass stringers of darker blue, white and aventurine glass. The design was pulled in two directions creating this "combed" look. Bead making was a cottage industry in the area around Venice and the island of Murano. Literally tons of beads were made there to be exported to lands far and wide. They were a hugely important medium for trade. Many of these bead tons went to Africa as this bead did, beguiling the people who saw them . Almost no records of which beads went where exist, no one was interested in that at the time. The whole point was what could be bought with the beads whether it was palm oil, ivory, gold or (sadly) slaves. |
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