Bead Paradise

Antique Buddhist 35" prayer necklace made in Tibet of sacred bodhi seed beads; 108 beads total with an average size of 8mm thick x 12mm diameter. 

• Buddhist
• new
• Tibet
• wood

Funky vintage wooden olive wood bead used for macrame and other far-out projects from the 1960’s. We discovered bags of these when an old bead store closed for business in the 1980’s and Ruth has finally decided to part with them. These small roundish blue beads measure 23mm long x 24mm diameter with large 5mm hole. SOLD SEPARATELY, not in a pile.

• Vintage
• wood

Funky vintage wooden olive wood bead used for macrame and other far-out projects from the 1960’s. We discovered bags of these when an old bead store closed for business in the 1980’s and Ruth has finally decided to part with them. These small roundish beads measure 19mm long x 17mm wide with large 5mm hole. SOLD SEPARATELY, not in a group of four. 

• wood

Funky vintage wooden olive wood bead used for macrame and other far-out projects from the 1960’s. We discovered bags of these when an old bead store closed for business in the 1980’s… and Ruth has finally decided to part with them. These oval-shaped beads measure 45mm long x 31mm wide with large 5mm hole. Photo show slight variation from bead to bead; SOLD SEPARATELY not in groups of three. 

• wood

Tired of Vinyl Disc Beads??? Try the original stuff!  25" strand of flat disc-shaped beads made from coconut shell in Ghana.  20mm diameter x 1mm thick. We also have other sizes in stock, just click the link "wood" below.

• Ghana
• wood

A fine 30" strand of 108 Tibetan Bondi Seed Prayer Bead; each bead approximately 8mm in diameter. Legend tells us that the Buddha Shakyamuni first found enlightenment underneath a Bodhi tree, hence the reason for their use. the number 108 is for each sin one must overcome to achieve enlightenment. 

• Buddhist
• wood

30" strand of coconut shell disc beads from Ghana. Dark, shiny brown; slightly graduated strand: 12-15mm diameter x 1-2.5mmm thick.

• Ghana
• wood

25" strand of small (6mm x 7mm) rosewood prayer beads from Thailand.

• Thailand
• Thailand Jewlery
• wood

Old Ethiopian hand-carved wooden beads; 30mm x 26mm with 3mm hole. From the early 1900s. Very rare. Photo shows slight shape difference from bead to bead; SOLD SEPARATELY.

• Ethiopia
• Ethiopian Jewelry
• wood

Large, old, and very long phallic pendant from Ethiopia made from wood circa early 1900s. This is the largest of the wooden pendants, measuring 210mm long x 22mm wide with 8mm hole.

• Ethiopia
• wood