KROBO African Waist Beads - Multi-colored w/gold color accents

In African society, waist beads are a symbol and celebration of femininity. Mothers adorn their daughters with waist beads as they reach puberty, at rites of passage into womanhood. For women the beads symbolize her fertility, graceful body, and confident sexuality.

A rainbow of multi-colored beads w/accents of gold color pieces; imported from Ghana, these flat seed waist beads are strung with double stranded cotton thread; approx. 42 inches long; you must adjust to fit your size. (WSTBD11)