Ancient, Indo-Pacific, Large Brick Brown Beads from Indonesia, 24-inch Strand
SKU: GLA-77
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Description
- Large ancient, brick red Indo-Pacific beads from Indonesia 5-12mm diameter, most 10-12mm. The strand has a few newer red jasper beads mixed in.
- 24-inch strand, collected in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1992
- The Indo-Pacific family of beads originated in Arikamedu in Southern India around 400 BC and quickly spread in all directions. Over the next few hundred years, they reached all over Southeast-Asia, throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and all the to Scandinavia in Europe, becoming the "greatest little trade bead of all time" according to bead researcher Pete Francis.
- They come in other colors, often aqua and blue from north Africa. Yellow and green are more rare.