From my FB page, 2011—this is a detail photo from the Timeline exhibit at The Bead Museum in AZ—where I installed three beads from Khambat (Cambay), India. These had been made to the specifications of Mark Kennoyer—who gave them to me in the late-'80s/early-'90s. The top mottled carnelian bead is ca. 3.25" or 8cm long—and at that time was the second-longest bead they made for him. And these beads were expressly made to copy ancient Harappan beads from ca. 5,000 years ago. JDA.

I will be posting more pictures of the bead hole wear on the other beads later. Not so easy to get clear pictures that show the detail of the wear not only inside the hole itself but of the ends of the beads showing contact wear.

more later this picture is almost as good as actual bead in hand??!!

Pictures of long beads welcome.

2 more bead holes pictures
very difficult to take but they give you a good idea of many years of use