Hello Jamey,
And thanks for all of the information on the Lukut, but like a lot of the others it's a lot of speculation involved, huh? I was thinking that they were glass, but I hadn't even considered that they were Venetian. That's why I made the comment that then they must certainly be glass. The only thing I knew about them is what I could find when you type in the most expensive bead on the internet, or Lukut Sekala. There is not a lot out there that I could find. I'll see if I can get my neighbor to take a photo of my ancient bead to compare to the one that is shown on "the most expensive bead" site. The body of the ancient bead is I'd say a teal blue with what I would say are three ochre colored eyes. I would swear that they have a very similar, almost identical appearance to the eyes on the bead on that site. And in the right lighting the blue could appear to be black. Okay, so I'm deluding myself to think I may have a Lukut Sekala. And as there appears to be no exact definition of one that I can find.......well. It's just like someone mentioned in refernce to the Kiffa's, I should learn to speak whatever language it is they speak in Borneo and then go and talk to someone that has or knows what a Lukut Sekala is and then I could say I've done the field research, right? I guess, sounds good! I do go "borneo" for beads!
Scott