Vintage Aluminum Beads, Kenya Dorjee Bead brass bead is 18mm

Bead brass bead is 18mm long x 11mm wide

Yoni-shaped with geometric/abstract floral design

and are believed to be from 200 – 300 years old

76mm long x 14mm wide x 3mm thick with one large 6mm loop for stringing

often referred to as "Bohemia Glass"

Vintage Aluminum Beads, Kenya Dorjee Bead brass bead is 18mm24" strand of satin finish cast aluminum beads made in Kenya. Made from old pots and pans which were melted down and made into beads in the 1950's. Fairly uniform cornerless cube shape, 6mm diameter square rectangles. Crude satin finish. 69 beads on this strand. Last photo shows other small aluminum beads. Lightweight and very cool.