Trade Beads Mixed Strand

Trade Beads Mixed Strand

This Antique Trade Beads Mixed Strand comes with an assortment of Feather Beads, Skunk Beads and Greasy Yellow round beads.. They come strung on a yarn string.  It measures about 9 inches long.

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History of Trade Beads

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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