Strand of Cool Fossilized Crinoid Beads from Mali briolettes Quite rare

Quite rare

Czech-made "snake beads" from the early 1930s

Would work well in any shimmy design for a belly dancer

This Hindu religious amulet features the Hindu goddess Durga on his lion/tiger steed

Light-weight (no solid silver backing)

Strand of Cool Fossilized Crinoid Beads from Mali briolettes Quite rare32" strand of fossilized crinoid beads from Mali. Crinoids are a kind of ancient form of sea life; worms with a stalk and feathery feeders at their top. Weird. There are crinoids in the oceans today, but these beads are a fossilized species from millions of years ago. Beads vary in size, shape and bead hole (see photos), and all are cool and clunky! 50 beads total.