Shape: Flat Square beads Quantity per pack: 10 Beads Circa: 1980s Measurements: 10mm x 10mm & 5mm thick, with a threading hole of about 1mm. Sizes are approximate as all the beads are hand crafted. Because the beads are cut from a long 'sausage' of clay, the pattern is all the way through the bead, so both sides of the bead can be on show - fabulous for earrings!Can you see all the colours & shapes in these amazing beads? They were made in Capetown, South Africa many many years ago & we have stock of these in so many varieties! Please see our other listings for more shapes & themes as we get them listed.Thinking about how these beads have been made, with long strips of each different colour put into a long sausage, then sliced & drilled, is enough to do your head in! They feel very velvety to touch, whereas modern clay beads like this just feel cold & like plastic, even though they are clay. The quality and craftsmanship of these pendants and beads are out of this world!
