Trade Beads Feather

Antique Feather Trade Beads

This Antique Trade Beads Feather lot comes with an estimated 40 Antique Glass Beads.  Some of these Feather beads have a few chips, and a few are broken. They are still beautiful antique beads, and will make a great addition to your next project or your collection. One of a Kind!

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From the 15th to the 20th century, traders carried European glass beads across the world. Native Americans highly desired glass beads as glass was then an unknown substance in North American. European glass beads, mostly from Venice, some from Holland and, later, from Poland and Czechoslovakia, became popular and sought after by Native Americans. Europeans realized early on that beads were important to Native Americans. Corporations such as the Hudson Bay Trading Company developed lucrative bead-trading markets with them. The Hudson Bay Trading Company was an organized group of explorers who ventured into the North American continent for trade expeditions during the 19th century.

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