古老的毛利塔尼亚琉璃珠色彩斑斓，具有浓郁的异域风情，这种珠子又是如何制作成的呢？

第一步：制作珠形。
将透明玻璃瓶子用石头砸碎。

Step 1 - Making the Core Bead
A clear glass bottle is placed under a plastic bag ( for safety ) on the ancient concave grinding stone and broken into small fragments with a round-topped stone.
In the bowls can be seen previously finished spherical core beads of different sizes, awaiting decoration or firing. To the right are new plain coloured beads, awaiting grinding into powder for the different colours of the decorations and a plastic kettle containing
gum arabic diluted with water .. finished beads are shown below left.

The plastic bag is removed and the glass fragments are further ground into a fine powder.

粉碎玻璃后，添加少量的稀释阿拉伯树胶到玻璃粉末中，通过双手掌心滚动将粉末揉成玻璃球。然后，以木制的鸡尾酒棒在玻璃珠核心穿一个洞。

A small amount of the diluted gum arabic is added to the powdered glass and a
spherical core is shaped by rolling a small amount of the paste mixture between the palms of her hands. A hole is then pierced through the core with a wooden 'cocktail stick'.

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