Malian Strand of Beads

Small, cloudy white tubes strung thin and long, with a tiny knot at the crown.

This strand of beads is from Mali, West Africa. It is glass. Handmade glass beads are seldom identical, and a strand catches the light a little differently in every bead. Slim cylinder and barrel beads in soft white, semi-matte with a faint translucence in places. Lengths wander a little, and a few ends look worn. The strand curves in a wide, even loop.

Pale, plain and entirely unfussed by it.