Original Message:   Re: Thanks Floor
I'm sure others with more ethnographic knowledge can chime in, but from what I understood these beads are or were popular with the Peul aka Fulani women, who also live in Mali, would wear these on their wedding day. Apparantly they have some meaning to do with fertility. Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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