Deep Green Ancient Serpentine Stone Beads from Mauritania - Rita Okrent Collection (S582)

Deep Green Ancient Serpentine Stone Beads from Mauritania - Rita Okrent Collection (S582)Short strand of 13 mixed green serpentine stone beads from Mauritania. Why We Love It: Lots of practical beads here. The mix of shapes on this strand tells its own story. Barrel beads, a disc bead, and an oversized tube sit side by side, each one worn down differently over a thousand years of handling. That variation is part of what makes ancient strands like this one so interesting to look at and to hold. Dimensions: 13 beads total. Longest tube

This is very old amber that was used in traditional tribal West African jewelry

Chinese Round Porcelain Container

One has decorative collar

Lovely strand of smaller rock crystal beads with some other quartz beads mixed in

but also has damage on one side at the top and two small dents elsewhere

Lourdes was known for having had a history of apparitions of a woman

4 mm -  1

Mauritanian White Conus Shell Beads

A mixed 26 inch strand of 50 antique beads

African Item 0645s

from China

3 1/4" across