Carl--beautiful piece; you always manage to find the unusual.

Here is a (much shorter) strand I bought in Brussels at a little African import shop: Galerie Nafaya owned by Kante Mariama. She told me the strand was copol; we haggled over the price for awhile before I bought it.

It was very aromatic when I first bought it--a wonderful scent like inscence that filled the room. To my disappointment, most of the scent dissapated after a few weeks. Does anyone know why? Was the scent planted?

Opinions and information are solicitated, but if someone wants to tell me it is fake, please be kind. I love it no matter what.

Nancy