Traditional African necklaces, belts and bracelets

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Adinkra pattern of moon and star

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Bracelets

Our beaded bracelets are from Kenya and Mali. The Kenya Bracelets are made entirely of woven beads. The Mali Bracelets are beads sewn onto a leather strip. They come in thin and wide sizes and you'll have to let us pick out the design. You can state a color preference but all colors aren't available
Item	ID No	Size	Price
Beaded	JB1	One Size	$6.00
Mali	JB2-Th	Thin	$3.00
Mali	JB2-Wd	Wide	$6.00

Bead bracelets and bead on leather bracelets

These Woven Vinyl Bracelets are made in Burkina Faso. As you can see they are quite colorful with intricate designs. They come in three sizes which are thin, medium and wide.
Item	ID No	Size	Price
Woven Vinyl	JB3-Th	Thin	$0.75
Woven Vinyl	JB3-Md	Medium	$1.50
Woven vinyl	JB3-Wd	Wide	$3.00

Woven vinyl bracelets, colorful design, Burkina Faso

Braided leather Moroccan bracelet, cowry bracelet

The Braided Leather Bracelets are from Morocco. They are very sturdy tie-on bracelets and come in three colors. The Cowry Bracelet is from Ghana and has a loop and knot fastener.
Item	ID No	Color	Price
Braided Leather	JB4-Bk	Black	$3.00
Braided Leather	JB4-Bn	Brown	$3.00
Braided Leather	JB4-Na	Natural	$3.00
Cowry	JB5	One Color	$6.00
Star Cowry	JB6-Rd	Red	$6.00
Star Cowry	JB6-Bk	Black	$6.00

Necklaces and Chokers

These Necklaces are all made in Ghana of leather, cowries or brass. Some of the leather has been dyed and embellished with additional stitches or leather of different colors. The traditional use of cowries for decoration is also used in two of the necklaces.
Item	ID No	Length	Price
Cowry and Leather	JN1-Cl	18"	$10.00
3-Cowry Medallion	JN1-3c	16"	$4.00
Leather and Brass	JN1-Lb	19"	$6.00
Six Medallions	JN1-6m	21"	$12.00

Four different cowry, leather and metal bracelets

4 different styles of cowry chokers

These Chokers are all made from leather and cowries. Both have been used for centuries in body adornments in most of the countries of the African continent. The Many Cowry has a knot fastener but can be tied to be a choker. We've discovered it can be used as an anklet also. It comes with varying numbers of cowries. The 6 Cowry choker can be tied loose to hang like a necklace. The Star Cowry choker comes with red or black leather.
Item	ID No	Length	Price
Single Row	JC1-Sn	13" - 14"	$12.00
Hanging	JC1-Db	9" - 11"	$14.00
Many Cowry/Anklet	JC1-9	19" - 20"	$6.00
6 Cowry	JC1-6	19" - 20"	$10.00
Star Cowry-Red	JC2-Re	14" - 15"	N/A
Star Cowry-Black	JC2-Bk	14" - 15"	N/A

Cowry Belts

Cowry Belts are a traditional belt of leather and cowries. Ours are made in ghana. The Star Belt is cowries sewn on dyed red leather. The Cowry Belts come in rows of single, double and triple cowries. The cowries are all sewn on and the belt is tied with the leather strips on each end.
Item	ID No	Rows	Length	Price
Cowry Belt	JBT1-Sg	Single	56" w/ties	$15.00
Cowry Belt	JBT1-Db	Double	56" w/ties	$24.00
Cowry Belt	JBT1-Tp	Triple	56" w/ties	$30.00
Star Cowry	JBT2	Star	50" w/ties	$30.00

3 styles of cowry belt, star pattern, 2 row, 3 row

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