1619 Project: African Jewelry Making

Tue, Dec 10 2019
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Midwood Library

400 Years Later jewelry making

Participants will learn how to make bangles (Manillas) using copper wire. Manillas were used as currency to buy everyday items. But, Europeans used them to buy and sell slaves from West Africa to the Americas. We will use African beads, mudd cloth and mixed wires.

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