Latin American Beads

Note: Not all described/ pictured beads are available. Collectible beads are often named after the area in which they are best known for having been traded in. For example, the highly decorative glass "African" beads were used in Africa

as money for every day items, but they were also traded for expensive commodities including land and slaves. Actually manufactured in Venice, they were also traded in other places, including the western hemisphere.

"LATIN" AMERICAN BEADS

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The blue "Nueva Cadiz" style bead (42mm in length) is pictured with Peruvian pre-Columbian shell beads, were brought to the New World from Spain in the period beginning with Columbus and ending around 1560. This

bead is part of a strand [link to strand on SA page] that may have been brought to the new world during the reign of Pizaro. The beads are named "Nueva Cadiz" because they were stored on Nueva Cadiz Island.

Pre-Columbian beads found in Mexico:

Pre-Columbian Jadeite:

Ecuadorian "Spindle" beads were used to spin cotton and Llama hair, these carved beads can be dated from 1,500bce to 1,500ad. Made by two different tribal groups, the designs are either geometric or fanciful fauna.

Our Catalog of Latin American Beads

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Prices updated on 16 December 2001


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