Malian Strand of Beads

Olive and ochre beads with a teal and yellow sparkle near the top.

This strand of beads is from Mali, West Africa. It is excavated glass. Excavated glass beads often show weathering, with a dull or pearly crust where the glass has reacted with the soil. Small beads in mustard, olive and brown dominate the strand, with a few turquoise and yellow ones clustered near the top. Low in the curve sit a red-brown bead and some blue. Surfaces are dry and weathered.

A little bit of everything, none of it loud.