Ethnic Design Collection Reto Zehnder

These beads float in salted water and smell pine by burning with hot needle, both sign of real amber. To certify as real Baltic amber further tests are needed. All beads show sign of long wearing, they are raw as collected at the time, depending on further use they would need some polishing.

Antique real amber beads sourced from West Africa. These beads float in salted water and smell pine by burning with hot needle, both sign of real amber. To certify as real Baltic amber further tests are needed.

Old amber beads such as these have a rich history of trade & production dates to a century or more ago.

Antique real amber beads sourced from West Africa. These beads float in salted water and smell pine by burning with hot needle, both sign of real amber. To certify as real Baltic amber further tests are needed.

Old amber beads such as these have a rich history of trade & production dates to a century or more ago.

Ten large copal beads with different colours, collected in West Africa in the 1970th.

Ten copal beads reddish colour. The measuring 24 - 28 mm in diameter