Wedding Beads, Mali fertility silver with bronze or another

silver with bronze or another metal added to this antique cast piece

There are 75 beads including 2 dangles and one crescent shaped pendant

25" and has some patina (see photos)

Average size

Wedding Beads, Mali fertility silver with bronze or anotherWest African bead merchants refer to these Czech glass pendants as "Wedding Beads", traditionally worn in Mali in wedding ceremonies. These colorful candy like baubles are so versatile in design work. A spacer in between allows each bead to hang down. Strung one after another, the beads will string up and down on the string. Great for earrings. This short strand is 20 inches long, with hexagonal carnelian glass beads in the mix. Briolettes are 14mm