White & Gold, Red & Gold Ghanaian Traditional Waist Beads

Ghanaian traditional beads serve many purposes. They are worn daily around the waist (meant to  ride right on top if the hip), on the ankles, wrists and around the neck. Waist beads are used as an adornment, for rites of passage, as an an attraction for male suitors when a woman becomes of age, to show affluence and for weight control. It is a symbol of femininity. In Africa, waist beads are be worn for fertility and spiritual energy.