Collection: Kazakh Ethnic Beads

The Kazakh Nomads Settled in Northern Afghanistan

Unique hand-beaten metal tribal Beads - with semi-precious stone inlays is the Kazakh  trademark.

These traditional nomadic Sunni Muslim people known as Kazakhs, originally come from the Ural Mountains in Kazakhstan.

These metal beads are used to create stunning ethnic and tribal jewellery – whether a pair of earrings, a statement necklace or arm and ankle bangles.

The beads themselves are generally hollow and have been decorated with intricate silver wire work and circular frames with semi-precious stone inlaid – along with their familiar trademark called ‘false granulation’ – which depict triangular imprints.

Crude in texture, each bead is individually hand-made in the Kazakh style and have become an important currency when trading for goods.

Their style is often mistaken for Turkoman craftsmanship – which is actually, quite different, because their beads do not contain the ‘False Granulation’.

The nomads are also called Kuchi Kazakh with numbers these days close to three million and mainly settled in the northern regions of Afghanistan.