Always with the mysteries…

Always with the mysteries…
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Posted by: lindabd

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04/07/2017, 21:30:17

These seem more brilliant than the horn beads I've seen. Almost clear as amber in places. They appear to have been wound - but also to have been drilled. Two of the beads on this strand appear to have delaminated in an undulating layer perpendicular to the hole.
I've never seen them before.
Any thoughts?

Test #1 --- beadiste ( 2017-04-07 21:46 )
- Re: Test #1 --- lindabd ( 2017-04-07 22:01 )
Re: Always with the mysteries… --- lindabd ( 2017-04-07 21:59 ) file img
- Mystery --- Timbuk-2 ( 2017-04-08 08:31 )
  - Need data - hot pin, burn test, or reamer test! (no text) --- Rosanna ( 2017-04-08 10:23 )
    - Re: Need data - hot pin, burn test, or reamer test! --- lindabd ( 2017-04-13 08:50 )
      - My conclusion would be horn, based on the burned hair smell --- Rosanna ( 2017-04-13 09:36 )
        
        All keratinaceous materials smell like "burnt hair." --- Beadman ( 2017-04-13 11:52 )
      - Some info on horn used for various jewelry items, combs, etc --- Rosanna ( 2017-04-13 09:51 )
        
        Re: Some info on horn used for various jewelry items, combs, etc --- lindabd ( 2017-04-13 10:11 ) file img
      - Some more info on tortoise shell vs. horn --- Rosanna ( 2017-04-13 17:50 )
Tortoise shell? (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2017-04-08 04:07 )
- I wondered that, too - chips that were heat-fused? (no text) --- beadiste ( 2017-04-08 09:24 )
- Re: Tortoise shell? --- lindabd ( 2017-04-13 10:29 )
  - Silly Auction --- Beadman ( 2017-04-13 11:59 )
    - Re: Silly Auction --- lindabd ( 2017-04-13 17:36 )
  - Tortoise & the Hair --- Timbuk-2 ( 2017-04-13 14:32 ) file img