KAMPALA, Uganda — Laker Fatuma’s big smile threatens to turn up the wattage in the already bright Ugandan sky as she rolls bright-green beads in the shade of a mango tree. Fatuma has reason to smile: ...

If you love pearls, we’ve got the plant for you! String of pearls is a darling succulent that looks exactly like a long, elegant strand of beads. This vining plant spills out of containers creating a ...

Mala or rosary is more than just a string of beads. It is a quiet companion of mind and soul. Whether held between the fingers of a devotee, a yoga practitioner, or a meditating monk, its 108 beads ...

But it was, I suppose, the bracelet proudly shown me, later in the visit, by the wife of a local farmer, comprising of beads, readily identified to me as dating probably from the late centuries BCE, ...