Antique Vert-de-Gris Dogon Tribal Bronze Bells, Mali - Rita Okrent Collection (AA300) biscuit beads Some useful reference articles:

Some useful reference articles:

folded (an Islamic innovation

see sample necklace in 2nd photo

Bead lengths vary but range around 18mm hole to hole

Antique Vert-de-Gris Dogon Tribal Bronze Bells, Mali - Rita Okrent Collection (AA300) biscuit beads Some useful reference articles:Group of 7 Antique Vert de Gris Dogon Tribal Bronze Bells Excavated in Mali. Sold as a group. From the Dogon people, who live high in the cliffs of the West African savannah, and make necklaces and jewelry of iron and copper alloy. These bells are estimated to be at least 150 years old, but may be much older. A customer of ours tells us that she was told by a trader that these bells" are cups used to house the spirits of the wearer's ancestors.