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For starters, the beads themselves are often a global affair. A bracelet might sport rare German vintage glass beads from the 1920s and ‘30s, antique African trading or vintage Japanese metal beads.

Glass beads appeared in the Mediterranean in about 1500 B.C., as glass production became more sophisticated, and evil-eye beads became popular among the Phoenicians, Assyrians, Greeks, Romans and ...