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Yemeni yusr

Silver inlaid black coral beads, Pacific coral, amber and silver.
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  • Always love these beads, so elegant and rich. The configuration of the silver insets appears West African to me, the Yemen insets are are usually distributed more evenly and not belted around the bead. But the silver beads and the material used , the yusr, is definitely Yemeni. Great find!

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