Antique Islamic Prayer Necklaces - from Mali and Mauritania (1)
Decorated with multicoloured tassels, 1800s glass and silver beads and 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.

34 ins / 87 cm strand with 8 x 4 mm black glass bicone spacers, Silver, Stone, Czech multi-faceted glass beads and multicoloured cotton tassels
pb 237       £85

24 ins / 61 cm strand with 8 x 3 mm black glass discs, silver, stone,
Czech glass beads and multicoloured cotton tassels
pb 233   £75

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