I am also having trouble using the search tool on this forum (just saw a post from someone else having trouble, asking for instructions). I am hunting for a post I saw a couple of weeks ago about Djenne dig beads, do they all truly come from Djenne, Mali and are the newer multicolored strands showing up authentic or not....

No matter what I search I cannot find this post- Help! :)

Also, do people think these newer strands with the multiple colors are fakes (ones like ebay item #190709518884). It seems that most of the ones people are sure to be authentic come in pretty blues and greens and the newer multi colored strands showed up recently. (?) opinions?

I am in LOVE with this kind of bead: Nila, Roman Glass, Islamic Glass, Dig, Djenne...I think I am forgetting a few other names I have stumbled across for these gems. Know of any more? It helps me to google for them. I recently got and now constantly wear a gorgeous strand of blues from a very nice ebay seller (who sent me to this forum to learn) and I am on the hunt for more strands with vivid color, especially the blues but also the greens.

Thank you all for your help!
peace,
marjorie