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For all those who are wild about Mauritanian beads

Posted by Preethi on October 6, 2013 at 2:36pm
Unfortunately, can't remember the book this came from, but it's a nice illustration of the various types of Mauritanian silver beads.
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  • ann October 7, 2013 at 7:55am

    Preethi thanks for posting this!    I thought at first you had found all of these.

    Most have granulation and are quite different to any other silver bead, very interesting, thank you.

  • Eva Baby October 7, 2013 at 8:43am

    I share the comment given below by Ann.

  • Alaa eddine SAGID November 6, 2013 at 11:14am

    maybe about the only published reference of these beauties!

    It comes from DELAROZIERES's book "Perles d'Afrique"

  • Frankie Carter December 8, 2013 at 5:10pm

    I have it in M-F R`s book Les Perles de Mauritanie. You can see her own interpretation of a necklace on the cover. I hope to include one of my own soon.

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