Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm

Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm

$13.00
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Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
  • Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
  • Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
  • Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
  • Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
  • Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
  • Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
  • Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
  • Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm
Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm

Green Krobo Pocket Glass Beads – Handmade in Ghana, 13–14mm

$13.00

Bring bold Ghanaian color into your next design with handcrafted Krobo Pocket Beads—rich green glass, artisan character, and versatile 13–14mm scale made for jewelry that commands attention.

Rich green color, substantial rounded form, and unmistakable handmade character give these Krobo Pocket Glass Beads from Ghana immediate presence in a designer’s material palette. At approximately 13–14mm, each bead offers enough visual weight to build expressive necklaces and bracelets while remaining versatile for layered and mixed-material compositions.

Handcrafted within Ghana’s living Krobo beadmaking tradition, the strand reflects the individuality inherent in small-scale glass bead production. The photograph reveals softly rounded forms, subtle surface irregularities and tonal movement from vivid leafy green to deeper forest-green areas. These differences create rhythm across the strand rather than the uniformity of machine-produced components.

For professional jewelry designers, the approximately 2–3mm holes accommodate a useful range of appropriate stringing materials, while the rounded profile works particularly well beside brass components, contrasting glass, trade beads and larger focal elements.

Each strand contains approximately 43–45 beads, making it practical for individual statement pieces, coordinated capsule collections and small-batch production. Wholesale buyers, bead stores and jewelry brands can also merchandise the beads as distinctive Ghana-made design materials with clearly documented origin, dimensions and artisan character.

Krobo beadmaking is part of a continuing Ghanaian craft tradition rather than a static historical artifact. Choosing these beads brings contemporary artisan-made material into new creative work while helping maintain commercial demand for specialized beadmaking knowledge.

For the designer building a serious library of African materials, this strand offers something especially useful: recognizable Ghanaian craftsmanship combined with a strong, highly pairable green color and versatile medium-large scale.

 

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Attribute Value
Bead Type Krobo Pocket Beads
Material Glass
Origin Ghana
Cultural Region Krobo beadmaking tradition, Eastern Ghana
Approximate Bead Size 13–14mm
Approximate Hole Size 2–3mm
Approximate Quantity 43–45 beads per strand
Shape Rounded
Color Green
Finish Soft matte / satin-like handcrafted surface
Craftsmanship Handmade
Sold As One strand

DESIGN FEATURES

Shape:
The softly rounded profile produces a strong repeating silhouette. Designers can use the beads continuously for a full strand composition or interrupt the rhythm with brass, trade beads or larger focal components.

Texture:
Visible surface irregularities and subtle differences between individual beads preserve their handmade character and create dimension when viewed together.

Finish:
The photographed beads display a soft matte-to-satin appearance rather than a highly polished glass surface, helping the intense green remain visually rich without excessive shine.

Hole Size:
Approximately 2–3mm holes provide useful flexibility for appropriate jewelry cord, wire and other compatible stringing materials.

Craftsmanship:
These are handmade Krobo glass beads from Ghana. Their individuality distinguishes them from industrially standardized glass components.

Handmade Variation:
Expect slight differences in dimensions, shape, surface and color. In a finished design, these variations create an organic visual rhythm characteristic of handcrafted material.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

You will receive:

1 strand of handmade Krobo Pocket Glass Beads

  • Approximately 43–45 beads per strand
  • Approximately 13–14mm bead size
  • Approximately 2–3mm hole size
  • Material: Glass
  • Color: Green
  • Origin: Ghana
  • Handmade product

Because these beads are handcrafted, slight differences in shape, size, surface and coloration should be expected from bead to bead and strand to strand.

 

THE KROBO BEADMAKING TRADITION

The Krobo communities of Ghana's Eastern Region are internationally recognized for a longstanding glass beadmaking tradition that remains active within contemporary Ghanaian craft and commerce.

Krobo beadmakers work with glass to produce beads in a wide range of forms, colors, finishes, and decorative approaches. Skills associated with preparing glass, forming beads, controlling heat, creating perforations, finishing surfaces, and evaluating individual pieces are sustained through practical artisan knowledge.

Recycled glass has an important place within broader Ghanaian and Krobo bead production, where discarded or previously manufactured glass can be transformed into new bead material. However, recycled content has not been confirmed for this particular strand; the supplied material specification is Glass.

The precise forming process used for this individual product has likewise not been independently specified, so it should be represented responsibly as handmade Krobo glass beadmaking rather than assigned an unsupported technical process.

Today, Krobo glass beads continue to move between local use, jewelry design, collecting, fashion, creative industries, cultural education, and international trade. Their importance lies not in presenting beadmaking as a craft fixed in the past, but in recognizing the work of skilled contemporary makers who continue to adapt and sustain a living Ghanaian material tradition.

 

SUSTAINABILITY & ETHICAL SOURCING

The value of these beads begins with small-scale artisan craftsmanship and the continuation of specialized beadmaking knowledge in Ghana.

Supporting artisan-made materials can help sustain markets for skilled craft production and encourage continued transmission of material knowledge while giving designers access to components that retain visible evidence of human making.

Glass is also a durable jewelry material capable of remaining in circulation through finished designs, collections, reuse, and redesign.

Although recycled glass is widely associated with portions of Krobo beadmaking, recycled content is not claimed for this specific product because it has not been confirmed.

Aadampo's sourcing and product documentation approach emphasizes accurate provenance, responsible representation, artisan value, and the preservation of handcrafted variation rather than unsupported environmental claims.

 

PRODUCT DISCLAIMER

Please note that product colors and sizes may vary slightly due to their handmade nature. Don’t Eat! Our Beads are not edible and should be kept out of reach of children.

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