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Silver and agate prayer beads

Wooden beads with fine silver wire hammered into the surface, carnelian and agate beads. From Mauritania, sourced in Tarandout.
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  • This is a prayer bead strand, ( I think mala would be more appropriately used to describe a strand from Indian regions?) The beads are wooden with fine silver wire hammered into the surface.

    The word wound in relation to beads describes a glass making process...( You will see lots of it in Italy!)

     

    These hail from Mauritania

    Big love

    S x

     

  • ;-} x
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