White agate necklace IN0081

Antique white agate necklace.  originally used as a hajj gift for a pilgrim visiting Mecca.  Age is circa several hundred years.  I found these beads in Mali West Africa in the 1990s and eva has rethreaded them into a usefull length.

Note, the colour in the photos is not reprasentative of actual colour, which is a cream or off white colour .  The texture is clear in the photos though.

Design Eva Manning  Made from beads and adornments collected by us in Africa .

Length. 48.0 cm

Weight 81.6 Grams

Largest bead: 22.0 mm long x 16.0 mm wide x 15.0 mm thick, most are bi-cone shape

Note. All these items are hand-made and as such have been crafted individually. Sizes, finish, weight, etc will vary from item to item