6609
Accession Number
5714
Title Of Article Chaper
A method of bead-making practised in the Gold Coast
Title Of Journal Book
MAN
Pages
96-97
Collation
1 photo.
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Powdered glass made from European beads is poured into multiple clay molds around cassava sticks, which burn away when the beads are fired. The glass does not melt completely, it only softens enough so that the powder sticks together. -- AATA
pub_id
6609