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it does not look northafrica for me, idiea ?? somewhere there until yemen ?
the silver metal beads are likely from India. the coral looks very good.
Sorry- now i see the cylindrical beads are too yellow for coral and have big holes.
I'd say Afghani made of older and newer parts with phenolic plastic beads.
Thanks everyone for your help. It`s consoling to know that no-one is certain about it. Does anyone know if the dipping process of making "amber" is used currently? I know an Australian dealer does fine business selling necklaces/strings of what he terms faturan beads from the 1800s, which are similar, at a rate of maybe a couple a fortnight at£100 - £140 each. These beads are being re-used quite legitimately in newly strung necklaces for high prices.
the faturan amber beads. i understand from, the beads were made in the meadle east, specialy turkey. exactly about the date i can say nothing about. some say between 18 and 19 th century and was the basic idea of bakelit. a mix of some natural resine, cellulose and amber powder. all heated and added some oils to it. one is sure, each smith or beadmaker had his own recepie and hide it. it was verry expensive that time and made almost for the prayer beads.
another ones say, it is made after the bakelite and some beadsmaker in turkey got inspired from the way how bekelit is made of resine.
the bakelite strangs are in the same price now, even some are over 400 €
I have understood that about faturan amber, too, Ait Ouakli. I love the mystery that surrounds anything one can find about it. I have seen a string of African faux amber beads on sale online for a huge amount. Was it £11,500 or $s? It hardly matters, it`s all so crazy! I`ll see if I can find it.
its hard to know if we are looking at all the beads- if it was just hanging in a loop it would be easier.
i think there are 10 metal beads, plus the pendant, and perhaps 8 of the "amber", all threaded on the silver wire rope.
6 of the smaller size metals i recognise- made of matching halves of stamped sheet metal joined along the edges. they are made in India not long ago and i used to get and sell them.
african amber is different, i think, the old ones sims semilar to faturan, they are expensive and verry difficult to differentiate from the new ones.
the new ones are just plastic. they are not expensive
Stefany, there are 14 of the metal beads plus pendant and 10 of the "amber". The reason why the photo is taken as it is is because my camera refuses to focus at exactly the range at which I would need were I to take one of it in a hanging position. It`s very aggravating!
But even for an old African amber necklace, whether actual amber, copal, a mixture or one of the plastics, that seems to me to be a huge price, Ait Oakli, don`t you think?
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