This One-of-a-Kind necklace is approx. 19” long, and has a sterling silver toggle clasp.

I hand cut the pendant from Chinese turquoise. The variations of colors and patterns in this stone are beautiful, and it reminded me of a little landscape. The large turquoise beads are also Chinese and amazing in their color and veining.

The small green beads are African green opal. The large silver beads are antique Tuareg beads from Mali, Africa. The Tuareg people are a nomadic tribe and descendants of the Berbers. They were known as the Desert Noblemen and traveled around the Sahara Desert region. The beads date from the early to mid 1900s. These are beautiful old beads with lovely patinas and signs of usage. They must have great stories to tell of distant travels and lives. When you wear them it is fun to look down at them and wonder who wore them before you, where they were from, what clothing they wore, and … - well it could go on and on for a long time. The spacers and findings are all sterling silver.

Hand crafted in the USA with imported materials