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Posted by Victor Caplin on October 18, 2011 at 12:05am
Early etched stone beadswith Roman alabaster spacers. 51cm approx.
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  • SARAH CORBETT November 6, 2011 at 10:06am
    Are these Pumtek beads, ot Batiked bone?
  • Victor Caplin November 6, 2011 at 10:27pm
    Hi Sarah,  I don't think they are bone, perhaps etched stone or maybe fossilised wood.  I have others too.
  • SARAH CORBETT November 6, 2011 at 11:47pm

    http://beadcollector.net/openforum/

     

    I would advise joining the forum (above) for more info on these and your other beads.

    Sx

  • Stefany Tomalin November 7, 2011 at 11:08am

    hello Victor

    if the eye-patterned stone beads are similar to ones that i have, they are recently-made chinese Tzi-style agate beads.

    Batiked bone beads, from e. africa (or India) are usually larger or longer, Pumtek types usually show the grain of the petrified organic woody material they are made from if you look closely.

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