Ancient Style Bead Strand: Ochre & Slate Rustic Necklace

I have been a lover of all ancient looking jewelry since I was a child staring at books with illustrations of goddesses and queens from places I couldn't even pronounce yet. When I was a graduate student, a (female) professor gave a lecture whose topic I no longer recall, but whose fabulous ancient-looking (or maybe it was pilfered treasure?) is etched in my memory. These wabi-sabi necklaces are often the sum of what we recover from the lives of people who lived thousands of years ago.
In my modern interpretations, I use some antique and even (claimed) ancient beads, many beads made with ancient techniques and from primordial materials like clay and glass or stone. But their beauty also lies in being mixed with modern artisan and small-batch manufactured beads of all sorts. All shapes and colors of the beads I've been collecting for a lifetime make their poetry in a simple strand, whose gentle beauty is still untamed, constructed made one bead at a time.

Some photos show other strands in this same vein - they layer perfectly. All have clasps and can be wrapped and worn in many ways.
The last photo shows the strand wrapped with a lark's head knot around the handle of one of my hand malas. I make these strands for those who like to wear their hand malas. The malas are listed here in my shop (https://www.etsy.com/shop/alienbeadings?section_id=11747007).

If you would like a custom strand with colors of your choosing, including larger beads or smaller, and a length to suit you, please let me know. I'd be happy to imagine something wonderful for you.

35" (71 cm) with clasp. No charge for extension chain if requested.