Pearl angel

This is a photo I took when I wanted to illustrate a post on "pearl names". I thought the female angel was a perfect symbol, seeing most names I found were European and here pearls are symbols for purity, femininity, female virtues as virginity and humility, salvation, god's grace and "the word of God".

It's mostly nuggets, but I do prefer round beads, keshi and some other odd shapes like certain biwa sticks. The butterfly-shaped coin pearls are rather cute too. My favourite are the tiny button pearls, though. Love them!