Choice of 4 Vintage Mauritanian Ebony Prayer Strands with Silver Inlay (ANT453)

Choice of 4 Vintage Mauritanian Ebony Prayer Strands with Silver Inlay (ANT453)

$180.00
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Choice of vintage ebony tesbih / prayer/ worry bead strands or tasbir/chaplet from the Western Sahara (Mauritania /  Morocco). All are vintage and used.These lovely old strands were used as prayer beads and as chaplet worn by Moorish dancers.Can be worn as is, used as decoration or used as jewelry supplies. Strand 1:  Smaller ebony beads and worn inlay with lovely old tassel.  Nice faux amber and glass beads combined. 30" strand excluding tassel. Ebony beads measure approximately 7-8mm. 2 3/8 oz/70.5 g. 12 inlaid beads plus inlaid imam bead/focal pendant. Strand 2: Ebony beads, 23 with inlay plus imam bead. No tassel, rare vintage Bohemian beads.  26" strand excluding imam bead. Ebony beads measure approximately 8.5x5.5mm. Strand weighs 3.5 oz, 103.5 g. SOLD: Strand 3: Three tassels on this strand with larger ebony and silver inlay beads. This is a 36 inch strand not including tassels and imam bead. Nice silver inlay, includes a phenolic resin bead and old agate glass from Idar Obers

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