Antique Islamic Prayer Necklacess - from Mali and Mauritania (2)
Decorated with multicoloured tassels, 1800s glass, stones and silver beads .. normally worn by Griotes .. professional singers and storytellers .. the "historians of the deserts". Sometimes they are worn by dancers of the Guedra .. a ritual Dance of Love
performed by the Moorish women for the benefit of their menfolk.

36 ins / 92 cm strand with 8 x 4 mm black glass bicone spacers, Silver, Agate Stone,
early Venetian spheres, Czech multi-faceted glass beads and multicoloured cotton tassels
pb 240     £70