Banded Agates, Reproductions, Black & White Lenticular Shapes, Set of 3
SKU: ASF-116
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Description
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Set of 3 larger black and white lenticular banded agates, 35x22mm
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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.
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See the History of Beads p.44 and Timeline for Afghanistan 2800-2000 BC
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The surface of these beads is a silky smooth and semi-matte, just like well-worn and much-loved ancient stone beads, nothing like most shiny new agates.
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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, but he was always careful to identify them as new and I'm doing the same.
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The holes, about 1.5mm, run vertically through the center of the beads
- The two images show the variations between the two sides of the beads