Strand of Cool Fossilized Crinoid Beads from Mali Golden rutile This Hindu religious amulet features

This Hindu religious amulet features what could be the god Krihna next to a peacock

Newly made silver colored rustic round beads from Ethiopia

Two tiny mice cavort on a closed parasol

and are older beads

with visible seam (see photo)

Strand of Cool Fossilized Crinoid Beads from Mali Golden rutile This Hindu religious amulet features32" 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.