28″ strand of vintage 14mm vinyl disc beads; old school black vintage African stock from the 1960s. These are the real deal: old vinyl beads as opposed to the newer plastic beads from China peddled in Africa nowadays. These beads were made in the 1960s from scrap vinyl siding, and were fashioned to imitate antique coconut disc beads. Due to their age, these vinyl beads are slightly brittle, but still a lovely black.
Often called “record beads” they are not made from old records, but rather were called that because of their black disc shape.