Original Message:   the Akosu beads

the biggest ones, mostly splendid bicones that appear to be decorated with the pre-formed "crossed hairpins" or with circles- i'm trying to visualise the order of the making processes - could imagine those beads as decorated cylindrical barrels that were then rolled in a groove to taper the ends into cone-shapes, but that would have involved a mandrel, or axle of some kind? do we really know the construction methods? Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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