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Re: Re: Question for you about the hole/2mm each side very equal -- AnneLFG | Post Reply | Edit | Forum | Where am I? |
I don't have a huge amount of experience with ancient glass beads from the Islamic era, but the ones I have seen and collected have larger holes, 3-4 mm and sometimes much larger, even on small diameter beads. And most of the time the holes are noticeably tapered. I presume the tapering was required to get the beads off the mandrels.
Maybe some others can chime in on the hole size / shape details on ancients.
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