Ancient Bactrian Bronze Age Carnelian from Afghanistan,
SKU: GMO-719
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$450.00
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Description
- Ancient (2200-1700 BC) Bactrian Bronze Age Carnelian beads on 21-inch strand
- 3mm spacer beads with graduated sizes of a fascinating 4 sided bead, largest 8mm, smallest 4mm.
- I spent way too much time looking for a name of this geometric shape, but couldn't find one. It has 4 triangular sides, but rather than all the pointy ends being up (a pyramid) imagine the triangles alternating pointy end up and pointy end down... I know. I had to make it paper to figure it out!
- The bronze age Bactrian civilization occupied a mountainous region in norther Afghanistan where these beads were collected.
- I bought these beads from a retired mining engineer who had worked there in the 1950s.
- He bought the loose beads and had them strung by local villagers. Returning to Colorado he had the the beads dated and authenticated at the Denver Museum of Natural History. I am posting several strands, each one unique.
- I am enchanted with these beads and have kept quite a few. I can't wait to string them with some of my Indian high karat gold!
- I'm grouping them with the Ancient Glass to make them easier for collectors to find. They are also posted in the Gemstones Collection.