From Abdul Touray I received two H U G E Chinese chevron beads, that he bought in China on a recent trip. I imagine these are the beads that Phil has been mentioning to us in the past few months, but hadn't shown yet. (Joyce has already shown her's here.)

The conventional oval red bead can be seen from two angles. As may happen, the perforation is much larger at one aperture than the other. It's a six-layer bead of alternating translucent red and white.

The lower bead is a monster of a bicone, in six layers of dark blue and white.

My immediate plans are not to make these beads into jewelry (until I acquire a pet elephant or camel), unless I am inspired to do that. Anything is possible—but these will probably just be nice display pieces..., and some day they will be in The Bead Museum.

Until I get my new computer set up (in a day or two), that's all for now.

Show us YOUR beads!

Jamey