Navy Blue Sandcast Glass Beads 14-16mm (SC769)

These beads were made by pulverizing old (recycled) glass, which is then poured into molds and then placed in a crude earthen oven where the powered is molten into glass. They are often referred to as "powder glass" beads as well as "sand cast". Violet blue with gray and orange. The strand measures approx 23" and there are approx 35 beads in total, each measuring approx 14-16mm long x 8-10mm in diameter (2-3mm hole). They are strung on raffia and were handcrafted in Ghana, Africa.