Kakamba Beads-Med.

A strand of Kakamba Prosser Beads about 24″ long. The glass beads are about 7 mm in diameter. These are great spacer beads. The beads are a real mix of colours. You would receive one of the strands shown. There is also strands of this mixed colour with smaller beads … see here.

Prosser beads are by extension any beads made by the 'Prosser' technique, invented by the Prosser brothers in 1840 in England for the purpose of making buttons. The process consists of molding a cold paste under great pressure and then firing it. Prosser Beads were distinct from other European trade beads in that they were produced in a great variety of colors, and were also translucent. They were received particularly well in the town of Kakamba in the Republic of the Congo – hence the name Kakamba Prosser Beads.