Tibetan White Yak Bone Mala with Turquoise This listing is for a Tibetan Buddhist yak Bone mala with 108 yak bone beads and two counters and each counter has ten small beads. Each bead measures 7mm approximately and hand strung in Kathmandu Nepal by a Tibetan family Prayer beads usually used for meditation, counting mantras, prostration and so on. Malas are worn on the left wrist while not in use. You can usually see monks using malas in those Tibetan monasteries around the world. In those Tibetan Buddhist philosophy university, monks use the regular mala for debating. Anyway this particular mala is great for doing meditation on impermanent, because it is made from dead animal's bone. Just let me know if you have any other questions.