Friday, May 27, 2005

African Metal Beads - General Questions - Do you have the answer?

The SilverChicks and Friends are having a hard time finding information on some of the East African metal and organic pendants and amulets. We would love to know if anyone has info, stories, history, or info on how to find out significance of some of our finds. We have a bunch of old stuff that we cannot specifically identify from our books. We are looking for a source that would be able to provide knowledge regarding tribal affiliation, region, method of manufacture, clues to dating.

Anyone know where we should look for these answers? We have found great resources for the metals of West Africa - but now we need one for East - other than the fabulous picture books by Angela Fisher.

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