Description
Ancient quartz alkous beads in a graduated strand.
Bead merchants of Timbuktu call these stone beads ‘alkous’, due to their shapes.
The strand has quartz, agate, banded agate and calcite beads, in beautiful pastel colours.
Superb surface patina.
Collected in the region of Timbuktu, Mali.
Lengths:12mm-30mm
Diameters: 7mm-18mm
Length of strand: 66 cm (26″)