| Original Message: Are there no photos of actual dated artifacts from the 16th -18th century? |
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Featuring the beads described in the Capt. Cook voyages? Or the beads described in the Russian accounts cited above. I don't recollect accounts of Dutch beads that could be described as sky blue and about the size of a large pea - but have I missed or forgotten something? As far as going by mandrel release left in the holes, many of the beads in the strands I took apart are so worn that it seems possible that the holes were abraded and polished in the same manner as the ends - rotating on a thick stringing cord that accumulated abrasive dust. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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