Beads are the oldest art form known to man, even preceding cave drawings. The earliest known beads were made from materials such as bone, teeth, ivory, seeds, wood, stone, and resins. The purpose of the first beads worn is believed to have been for protection against uncontrollable events, and to enhance beauty.
Trade beads represent centuries of human ingenuity, craftsman-ship, and alchemy. Trade Beads served as legal tender among people around the globe. Such beads truly relay something of the human spirit, both its economic and cultural paradigm, but also of its glory and atrocities as well, all revealed to the world through a bead!
Trade Beads and Ancient beads are a finite resource, somewhat scarce, always precious. Trade Beads, as well as the necklaces made with them, are a financial asset, and will gain value over time.