Description

This strand of larger than usual ancient excavated glass beads from Mali displays a superb range of colors and shapes.
Commonly known as ‘Djenne beads’ these beads have been found “in situ” buried in the desert sands and later strung on nylon thread. 
The strand of graduated beads contains ancient glass beads of various colors, some ancient terracotta beads, ancient quartz beads and ancient jasper beads . Some beads are covered with iridescence.
Sizes range from: 2mm to 8mm in diameter and 2mm to 12mm in length and are approximately 1000 years old. 
Collected in Mali.

Strand is 66 cm (26 inches) long