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I bought them all for less than £8 from a lady whose grandfather had worked in Africa. He bought them back in the 1950s. He told her that they were considered valuable by the local tribes people. I see no reason to doubt her story. I collect beads based on how much I like them and I realy like these. There are several things about them that make me curious as to their origin. The amount of work that has gone into grinding and drilling the large ones only to end up with very crude shapes. The medium hexagonal ones are very neatly made. The way the smaller ones have been made from glass spheres, and the range of different glass that they have been made from. Very interesting. Thank you for all the help
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