Our Newest Items!
African Green & Yellow Disk Trade Bead Necklace
$145.00
Trade bead necklace with four lovely hexagonal millefiori style trade beads in the center, and super-cool...
Amazing Turkoman Adornment
$375.00
This is an amazing piece of beautiful Turkoman art -- with a bit of a...
Coral & Silver Multi-strand Yemen Necklace
$1,650.00
Wow - this is an fabulous seven-strand assemblage necklace of coral and silver (with a...
Coral, Shell and Silver Multi-strand Yemen Necklace
$1,450.00
Wow - this is an fabulous six-strand assemblage necklace of coral, silver, shell and other beads...
Gold Baule Face Pendant #1
$1,350.00
Stunningly gorgeous face pendant made of gold. This rare pendant is made in the "Lost Wax"...
Gold Baule Face Pendant #2
$1,200.00
Gorgeous face pendant made of gold. This rare pendant is made in the "Lost Wax" technique...
Large African Amber Strand
$1,400.00
Wow - this is a gorgeous strand of what is commonly known as "African Amber"...
Small Pre-Columbian Shell Beads (by the piece)
$8.00
We have about 20 of these lovely Pre-Columbian shell beads or appliqués. They are most likely...
Super Nice 4 & 6 Layer Chevron Strand
$975.00
This is a really nice mix of four- and seven layer chevrons. The three 6-layer...
Unfinished Necklace of Large Yemen Silver Beads (All Signed)
$1,100.00
Beautiful Yemen silver bead necklace with the characteristic "Flower Design", comprised of many tiny "leaves"...
Yemen Koran Box Pendant
$55.00
Yemen silver box with the characteristic "Dot Design", comprised of many tiny silver dots that...
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Ethiopian Easter
Happy Easter to our Ethiopian neighbors and friends, who celebrate Easter Sunday on April 28 this year. Ethiopia is the source of some of our... Continue Reading
Closed Easter Sunday
S&A Beads' physical store in Takoma, DC will be closed on April 21, 2019, in honor of the Easter/Passover holidays. Will open again on Monday,... Continue Reading
"African Amber": Everything you ever wanted to know!
"The stories were fabulous: the beads were hundreds of years old (not true), made from bits of real amber and mixed with the resin of a particular tree (not true), became more beautiful as they were worn by picking up the oils in the skin (true!), and had vast spiritual powers (that one's up to you). The legends were epic.
But the reality is no less fascinating, as thoroughly explained in a paper by Rosanna Falabella..."
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