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Posted by: metateman Post Reply
06/20/2019, 11:59:44

Hello to the group.

I got this bead from a Missionary who also collected arrowheads as a hobby.He lived for a time in Bolivia near lake Titicaca. He picked up 3 of these beads. 3/4 of inch cube. Black hard stone, do not have a identification of the stone, and the bead hole is very small.

I am open to all information please share what you can.

sincerely from Walter Anderson

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Very curious. I don't see any reason to doubt the story.
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Posted by: Beadman Post Reply
06/20/2019, 12:36:05



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That Obscure Object of Desire...
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06/25/2019, 03:13:27



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Posted by: jatatoo Post Reply
06/25/2019, 06:55:09

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Posted by: jatatoo Post Reply
07/20/2019, 08:21:41

The carving depicts the ritualistic human - probably Shaman - transformation into an animal, in this case what appears to be a horned sheep or similar. The deep circular areas depict both eyes and large ear plugs.

What kind of animal is not clear; like the Mimbres, Casas Grandes, and other pre-columbian/pre-historic cultures in the Southwest, and Central America, and points south, it may depict a combination of mammals and/or amphibians - which at times are hard to decipher. Looks more like a mammal to me.



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