'Albuquerque'

The essential Southwestern location, it brings to mind high mesas with looming cacti silhouetted against a setting sun, with coyotes yelping and all that.  And these beads are definitely all that.  Layers of black, coral and turquoise, traditional colours for Southwestern art in the USA.  Imagine these beads made with huge nuggets of turquoise and some silver charms.  Nice!

The beads are temporarily strung on copper craft wire, the spacers are silver-plated craft beads.  The beads measure approximately 12x14mm.