Beads from Africa
African Beads come in many forms. African beads can be made from glass, ceramics and precious metals. Zulu Love beads are famous in South Africa and the World.
The Ndebele do wonderful bead work. Beads have many meanings in Africa. They signify meaning by shape and color. African beads are used in silver rings and necklace and often with African design jewelry and African Rings
- African Bead ring in silver
Zulu Love Letters Love letters go back to to the arrival of glass beads in Natal South Africa (1830) and had been swiftly given meanings dependent upon their color. Prior to beads, Zulu girls would use seeds, ostrich eggshell as well as sea shells for adornment. The actual love letters are small, postage stamp sized items of beads which express an feeling to the recipient – usually a good or bad desire towards his approaches. The colors are blended to express a range of meaning.
The Triangle
The corners of a triangle stand for FATHER, MOTHER and CHILD. The design unit can be:
- Be inverted, apex pointing downward. This signifies the unfulfilled man principle (Unmarried man) or…
- Be positioned with the apex pointing downwards, signifying the unfulfilled female principle (Unmarried woman).
- Join with another along the base to form a diamond (stylised egg, a universal fertility symbol) representing the complete female principle (Married Woman).
- Be positioned with apexes meeting, an hourglass shape, symbol of the complete male principle (married man).
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