Handmade Designer Necklaces - African and Murano glass beads

For many centuries glass beads were made in Murano Italy and used for trade in Africa. Presently, these trade beads have become rare and expensive, if you can find them at all.
Andrea Bergart and Barbara Adner, adner-bergart.com have combined their collections of antique and new African beads and vintage Murano glass to create unique and beautiful necklaces with a history. These necklaces are made from 100 year old glass beads called Bodum and Kings beads as well as the modern African beads shown above. These necklaces are sold at the Peabody Essex Museum Gift Shop in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. http://www.pemshop.com.
The black and white beads in the necklace shown above are ceramic from Niger.  The red and orange beads are Kopal from Africa.  This is a type of amber that is old, but not as old as true amber. Other beads are vintage Murano glass and ebony and silver.