Banded Agate, Reproduction, Rhomboid, 35x35mm
SKU: GMO-347
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Description
- Banded Agate, rhomboid, off white to dark brown shades, 35x35mm
- The beads in this series are each beautiful one-of-a-kind reproductions of ancient Bactrian banded agate beads made in Afghanistan 4000-5000 years ago. The were traded through out the region to the ancient cities of Ur, Catal Huyuk, and Tepe Hissar among others.
- See the History of Beads p.44 and Timeline for Afghanistan 2800-2000 BC
- Although the extreme close-up picture shows some micro-abrasions, the surface of these beads, smooth and semi-matte to the touch, just like well-worn and much-loved ancient stone beads, nothing like shiny new agates.
- They were commissioned and sold by an Afghan friend for a brief period in the late 1990s. The artists who cut and shaped these beads around the natural beauty of the stone's banding, also adhered closely to ancient shapes.
- Some of these could easily have been passed off as ancient for mega-bucks, but he was always careful to identify them as new and I'm doing the same.
- I have looked, but haven't seen anything like these since.
- The hole, about 1mm, runs the length of the top of the bead