I've been away for most of the summer and am only just catching up. Thanks, Linda, for opening up this topic. We live in a culture where it has become more and more difficult to get things repaired: if an appliance is broken, throw it out; if a fender is dented, replace it with an identical new one. But I've always loved repaired things; the more obvious the repair the better. Perhaps it comes from having grown up in post-WW2 Europe, when everything was scarce or rationed and people had to repair stuff and were proud of "making ends meet". You never forget wearing darned socks to school!

Now, in a small way, I collect things that have interesting repairs. Here are a few of the bead:

1. A carnelian talhakimt from northern Niger, repaired with brass and resin;

2. A neolithic quartz (53 mm) bead from the Dahklet area of Northern Mauritania, repaired with leather.

And more to follow...