Wedding beads from Czechoslovakia
were used to trade as money in West Africa. They
are called wedding beads because each time a guy
dated a girl, he would bestow the girl he was courting
with a glass bead like this. The more beads she gathered,
the more desirable she'd become as a bride and hence
considered good wedding material!
In Ghana called Dondounsuele and worn by men at their wedding, often mixed with flat, curved Gopesegie (tiger claw) or flat, triangular beads.
Dimensions: 25" L x 1/2" W x 1/8" D - 82 individual old beads.
