Tea Stained Bone Bead MalaThis beautiful and antique feeling mala is made with 108 polished, disk shaped bone beads that have been hand soaked and stained with tea. Each bead is unique and completely one of a kind. Mala features a large guru bead and is hand strung on black cotton cord. A note about bone beads: Tibetan nomadic life is hard, and in the cold there is little to eat. Yak and water buffalo are main staples in Nepal and Tibet, and when an animal is used for food