Strand of Cool Fossilized Crinoid Beads from Mali briolettes 10mm x 10mm with 3mm

10mm x 10mm with 3mm hole and 12mm x 8mm with 2mm hole

Sizes range from small barrel-shaped 8mm long x 7mm diameter bead up to 44mm long x 8mm diameter "branch" shapes

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

Approximately 96 beads per strand

It has Berber influence but is Tuareg made

Strand of Cool Fossilized Crinoid Beads from Mali briolettes 10mm x 10mm with 3mm32" 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.