Antique Dogon beads, wooden beads, and a leather cord strap! The blue glass beads at the top are antique beads made over 100 years ago. Woven with black genuine leather for a wild look. Photo 3 compares the size with a 500-yen coin. What are Dogon beads? Trade beads passed down from the Dogon people of Mali, West Africa. These blue marble beads were made in the Netherlands or Germany around the 1800s and are estimated to have been traded to the Dogon people.