Mala made of figured wood with a hand-forged guru bead and tassel

A distinctive mala made of 108 wooden beads, whose striped grain ranges from light caramel to dark coffee brown—each bead is cut differently, so that rings, bands, and eyes alternate. The mala is topped with a hand-engraved guru bead made of silver-colored white metal, featuring a three-dimensional floral and vine design, with a tassel below—available in either dark green or light green.

The number 108 corresponds to the traditional number of beads on a Buddhist prayer necklace and is used to count recitations. Each mala is hand-knotted at the Atelier Tibet in Zurich and comes in a silk brocade pouch, which we select to match the color of the mala.

Bead diameter 8 mm · Guru bead ⌀ 19 mm · Circumference approx. 84 cm · 108 beads · Wood · Silver-look white metal · Tassel in dark green or light green · Hand-knotted in the Tibet studio