XL Very Old Ceramic Baule Spindle Whorls Bead Strand – Ivory Coas
This 40″ (102 cm) long strand of heavy very old ceramic spindle whorls is composed of 33 “beads”, each of which was individually hand made and then used for a very long time to spin cotton thread by the weavers of the Baule tribe in Central Ivory Coast. This strand was compiled by a merchant who collected the whorls one by one and then determined to sell them as a strand of beads. Undoubtedly each whorl tells its own story, each having been used by a different person. The largest of these measures 2″ diameter x 1 1/4″ (5 x 3 cm)
