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unusual bakelite stone silver & nut? necklace
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Posted by: ilikebeads

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08/23/2016, 01:45:51

I would love if someone could tell me anything about this necklace. I really like the stones but not sure if its a banded carnelian or jasper or something else entirely.

The center bead is also a mystery to me. It looks like a nut or possibly wood? Then there's these strange looking semi-transparent swirl amber colored beads that look and feel like glass but are actually bakelite according to "the simichrome test"

Anyway if anyone knows what the stones and center bead might be please share your opinions thanks

Center bead - dyed bone or horn?
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Posted by: Rosanna

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08/23/2016, 09:01:35

The necklace has the feel of something made in India, where they make a lot of beads from cattle bone & horn. It's a really neat bead!

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Posted by: ilikebeads

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08/23/2016, 14:41:24

hmm Well from what I know it was made by someone in the u.s.a in the early 70s. I have a lot of bone beads, I don't think its bone but horn could be I wouldn't know. Wow! ...I was just examining it and I can't believe I never noticed it before but it is carved into a coiled up snake! lol If I hadn't posted this who knows how long i'd have gone w/o seeing that! I think it is probably wood but is there any way to verify that w/o damaging it?

Could it be a carved tagua nut?
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Posted by: Rosanna

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08/23/2016, 19:40:22

Lots of them are carved into animal shapes & dyed.

It would be best if you take it off the necklace and make close-up pics of all sides. But maybe if you take some better pics with it on the necklace, a better ID may be possible.

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Posted by: ilikebeads

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08/25/2016, 11:17:26

I can't take it off the necklace because it is a knotted strand but I got some better pics of the snake and the bottom end hole

i think these are its cousins
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Posted by: Stefany

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08/25/2016, 10:49:17

chinese carved bone snakes, max 20mm long- zodiac animals? maybe 1990s.

PS and they are beads anyway-
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Posted by: Stefany

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08/26/2016, 03:52:02

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