Thanks Will and Ali. I suspected as much but wanted to be sure before I informed the family since the nephew (who is 7 years old) had written a short school essay on this bead passed on to him from his great uncle, "the world’s leading bead professional." The lad believed the bead was "thousands of years old!" I really don't want to disillusion the lad, but he needs to learn that you have to do research before you write about beads (or anything). Hopefully this bead will lead him to a lifelong interest in beads.