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Even vegetables like beads! --- Karlis ( 2017-08-19 11:04 ) (51 reads) file img

Very rare sub-genre...... --- Joyce ( 2017-08-19 22:51 ) (7 reads) file img

Millefiori canes/rods? --- Cody ( 2017-08-19 19:49 ) (19 reads)

Problematic African Beads --- Karlis ( 2017-08-07 14:55 ) (288 reads) file img

Re: Problematic African Beads --- stefany ( 2017-08-14 01:33 ) (77 reads)
- Thanks, Stefany. India sounds right. (no text) --- Karlis ( 2017-08-19 10:46 ) (2 reads)

Beads and Archaeology --- Karlis ( 2017-07-26 10:41 ) (240 reads)

Several good reads regarding this concern --- TASART ( 2017-07-26 13:42 ) (164 reads) link
Archaeology's forgotten debt --- CoinCoin ( 2017-08-08 11:37 ) (129 reads)
- Re: Archaeology's forgotten debt --- nharlow42 ( 2017-08-08 19:24 ) (103 reads)
- Hear, hear! I agree wholeheartedly. (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2017-08-09 11:26 ) (25 reads)
- Museums vs. private collections --- Rosanna ( 2017-08-09 12:14 ) (91 reads)
- Re: Archaeology's forgotten debt --- Karlis ( 2017-08-09 14:39 ) (109 reads) file img
  - All of this is also true. And heartbreaking. It's complicated. . . (no text) --- nharlow42 ( 2017-08-09 16:31 ) (30 reads)
  - Realistic Archaeologists --- CoinCoin ( 2017-08-09 19:03 ) (79 reads)
    - Scott's idea is a good one --- Rosanna ( 2017-08-10 11:14 ) (62 reads)
      - Britain's PAS --- CoinCoin ( 2017-08-10 12:46 ) (61 reads)
  - That said . . . . --- CoinCoin ( 2017-08-10 10:40 ) (74 reads)
    - Great conversation, and I would only add..... --- Luann Udell ( 2017-08-16 15:55 ) (42 reads)
      - Agreed, and going beyond --- CoinCoin ( 2017-08-17 08:52 ) (35 reads)
        
        The problem of selling archaeological material --- Karlis ( 2017-08-19 10:39 ) (18 reads)

Tragedy in Barcelona - Nishedha, are you safe? --- Rosanna ( 2017-08-17 18:36 ) (71 reads)

nishedha is OK, thanks to all e-mailers. (no text) --- nishedha ( 2017-08-18 07:29 ) (8 reads)
- Thank you, very very relieved to hear it. (no text) --- Joyce ( 2017-08-18 21:35 ) (3 reads)

the all elusive Man-in-the-Moon beads --- TASART ( 2017-08-07 16:58 ) (228 reads) link file img

Re: the all elusive Man-in-the-Moon beads --- TASART ( 2017-08-07 16:59 ) (120 reads) file img
Re: the all elusive Man-in-the-Moon beads --- TASART ( 2017-08-07 17:00 ) (101 reads) file img
Re: the all elusive Man-in-the-Moon beads --- Karlis ( 2017-08-07 17:19 ) (120 reads)
Man-in-the-Moon beads --- TASART ( 2017-08-10 18:14 ) (112 reads) file img
- Awesome, super rare beads! --- Joyce ( 2017-08-10 19:00 ) (74 reads)
- thanks for sharing,,very interesting beads (no text) --- bonpo ( 2017-08-11 17:14 ) (17 reads)
playing with new Macro lens for iPhone --- TASART ( 2017-08-11 20:37 ) (162 reads) file img
- Re: playing with new Macro lens for iPhone --- TASART ( 2017-08-11 20:39 ) (103 reads) file img
- Re: playing with new Macro lens for iPhone --- Photogemics.com ( 2017-08-11 21:04 ) (97 reads) link
- Re: playing with new Macro lens for iPhone --- Photogemics.com ( 2017-08-11 21:04 ) (72 reads) link
  - the pictures are awesome, thank you for the info (no text) --- judy ( 2017-08-12 15:23 ) (15 reads)
Great photography Thomas...You are always on the Cutting Edge! (no text) --- mosquitobay ( 2017-08-14 07:59 ) (7 reads)
one more Man-in-the-Moon bead for the road --- TASART ( 2017-08-16 17:14 ) (60 reads) file img

Happy Birthday Richard --- TASART ( 2017-08-14 17:29 ) (100 reads) file img

Happy Birthday, Richard! Hope you've had a great day! (no text) --- Joyce ( 2017-08-14 18:11 ) (10 reads)
- happy birthday to yooooou and many more! tasart you're great the way you remember occasions (no text) --- judy ( 2017-08-15 18:25 ) (6 reads)
Re: Happy Birthday Richard --- rosetta ( 2017-08-16 07:44 ) (35 reads)
What a beautiful photo! --- Luann Udell ( 2017-08-16 15:42 ) (19 reads)

A neat site on beach glass --- Joyce ( 2017-08-13 10:54 ) (96 reads) link

THAT is a beautiful memory! --- Luann Udell ( 2017-08-16 15:39 ) (16 reads)

I need help with bead identification please. --- Furmosa ( 2017-08-13 04:46 ) (166 reads) file img

Re: I need help with bead identification please. --- Furmosa ( 2017-08-13 04:47 ) (105 reads) file img
- Re: Re: I need help with bead identification please. --- beadweyr ( 2017-08-13 09:25 ) (79 reads)
- Re: Re: I need help with bead identification please. --- stefany ( 2017-08-13 14:58 ) (60 reads)
Re: I need help with bead identification please. --- beadweyr ( 2017-08-13 09:24 ) (71 reads)
Re: I need help with bead identification please. --- stefany ( 2017-08-13 14:56 ) (57 reads)
the second necklace --- stefany ( 2017-08-13 15:00 ) (57 reads)
Re: I need help with bead identification please. --- Furmosa ( 2017-08-14 05:35 ) (43 reads)

19th Century Cloisonne Ojime --- beadiste ( 2017-08-08 13:47 ) (122 reads) file img

Japanese Cloisonne Exhibit Right Now in Los Angeles - An Inro Ojime Netsuke set --- beadiste ( 2017-08-11 14:57 ) (49 reads) link file img
- Close-up photo of micro cloisonne, and book cover --- beadiste ( 2017-08-11 14:58 ) (53 reads) file img
  - Japanese cloisonn� -so nice. Thank you for posting this. (no text) --- Frederick II ( 2017-08-11 16:06 ) (20 reads)

Loom woven 1830s Bead work watch chain --- Biddulph ( 2017-08-06 02:46 ) (178 reads)

Re: Loom woven 1830s Bead work watch chain --- Joyce ( 2017-08-06 21:45 ) (104 reads)
Re: Loom woven 1830s Bead work watch chain --- Biddulph ( 2017-08-11 01:15 ) (44 reads)

Venetian Chevrons help with age please --- Kai ( 2017-08-10 05:12 ) (142 reads) file img

India, hot strip method --- Joyce ( 2017-08-10 06:27 ) (89 reads)

These are Beads ... !!! ... ??? ... Glass for sure ... ??? ... --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-08-07 12:21 ) (194 reads) file img

Picard exhibit #10: Chevron/Star beads from the 1700s to 1800s Dutch or Venetian? --- Joyce ( 2017-08-07 21:23 ) (147 reads) link file img
- LOVE THESE!!! Thank you --- Luann Udell ( 2017-08-07 22:20 ) (82 reads)

Bead ID help --- beadweyr ( 2017-08-05 14:21 ) (239 reads) file img

Re: Bead ID help --- Frederick II ( 2017-08-06 02:18 ) (144 reads)
- Very cool, Thank you Fred. Glad I kept it. (no text) --- beadweyr ( 2017-08-06 05:29 ) (42 reads)
......or: --- TASART ( 2017-08-06 08:33 ) (121 reads) link img
- Re: ......or: more --- TASART ( 2017-08-06 08:35 ) (111 reads) link
  - Re: Re: ......or: more --- beadweyr ( 2017-08-06 08:51 ) (111 reads)

Bead ID help --- Karlis ( 2017-08-04 08:16 ) (207 reads) file img

China --- floorkasp ( 2017-08-04 10:06 ) (112 reads)
- Re: China --- Karlis ( 2017-08-04 10:24 ) (121 reads) file img
  - Re: Re: China --- Floorkasp ( 2017-08-04 10:59 ) (102 reads)
    - Re: Re: Re: China --- Karlis ( 2017-08-04 15:53 ) (87 reads)
- the white layer is release material in the hole, one sign it's from China (no text) --- birdi ( 2017-08-05 13:30 ) (29 reads)
He sent me the images of the single bead... --- Joyce ( 2017-08-04 19:37 ) (108 reads)

Happy 50th Anniversary Jamey! --- TASART ( 2017-08-02 07:34 ) (175 reads) file img

Re: Happy 50th Anniversary Jamey! --- odan ( 2017-08-02 08:33 ) (93 reads)
- Must have started when you very young --- lopacki ( 2017-08-02 15:37 ) (76 reads)
Well done, Jamey, and wishing you many more happy & beady years to come! (no text) --- Rosanna ( 2017-08-02 20:19 ) (25 reads)
One half century... --- Joyce ( 2017-08-02 21:30 ) (72 reads)
Happy 50th Anniversary Jamey! --- Frederick II ( 2017-08-03 01:07 ) (106 reads) file img
Congratulations, Your'e not nearly as ornery as you used to be (grin!) (no text) --- mosquitobay ( 2017-08-03 13:39 ) (23 reads)
- Re: Congratulations, Your'e not nearly as ornery as you used to be (grin!) --- bob ( 2017-08-05 11:24 ) (84 reads) file img

beyond beautiful enamel work --- judy ( 2017-08-03 09:33 ) (146 reads) link

Can't wait to get the new issue! --- Joyce ( 2017-08-03 19:38 ) (86 reads) file img

Borneo Bead Conference 2017 --- floorkasp ( 2017-08-01 02:44 ) (155 reads) link

Wonderful Floor --- Frederick II ( 2017-08-02 02:16 ) (82 reads)
- Thanks --- floorkasp ( 2017-08-03 00:54 ) (49 reads)
Sounds like an interesting conference.... --- Joyce ( 2017-08-03 19:33 ) (48 reads)

Chinese Enamel Bead Converted into an Ojime or Sagemono? --- beadiste ( 2017-08-03 06:56 ) (101 reads) file img

Remember these? --- beadiste ( 2017-08-03 09:22 ) (64 reads) link

interesting tassel/pendant --- lindabd ( 2017-08-01 11:49 ) (162 reads) file img

Japanese? --- Frederick II ( 2017-08-02 02:08 ) (72 reads)

mystery necklaces --- linzib ( 2017-07-27 11:32 ) (251 reads) file img

Likely Galalith, 1920s - 1940s --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-27 13:28 ) (117 reads)
- Re: Likely Galalith, 1920s - 1940s --- linzib ( 2017-07-27 13:52 ) (96 reads)
For some reason I remember these kind of clasps were used by a specific French designer, --- Heleen ( 2017-08-01 08:33 ) (55 reads)
- I remember! Isn't this a Rousselet necklace? --- Heleen ( 2017-08-01 08:41 ) (67 reads)
  - I thought it might be a Rousselet clasp too (no text) --- birdi ( 2017-08-01 10:17 ) (33 reads)

More beautiful and unusual Japanese cloisonne ojime --- beadiste ( 2017-07-31 10:50 ) (96 reads) link file img

Exquisite little flat oval with forsythia and grape vine --- beadiste ( 2017-07-31 10:52 ) (64 reads) file img
Tiny gourd ojime --- beadiste ( 2017-07-31 10:53 ) (80 reads) file img

Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Beads 1930s vs 1970s vs 1990s --- beadiste ( 2017-07-16 13:16 ) (200 reads) file img

Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Beads 1970s --- beadiste ( 2017-07-16 13:19 ) (108 reads) file img
Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Beads 70s-80s? --- beadiste ( 2017-07-16 13:27 ) (105 reads) file img
Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Beads with Cloisonne --- beadiste ( 2017-07-16 13:30 ) (74 reads) file img
Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Beads - NOT! --- beadiste ( 2017-07-16 13:42 ) (93 reads) file img
- Re: Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Beads - NOT! --- beadiste ( 2017-07-16 13:44 ) (86 reads) file img
Re: Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Beads --- beadiste ( 2017-07-16 13:52 ) (88 reads) file img
More examples showing deterioration of 1930s beads --- beadiste ( 2017-07-17 08:00 ) (90 reads) file img
A 1920s-30's "Miriam Haskell" Style Chinese Charm Necklace with Melted "Cinnabar" --- beadiste ( 2017-07-29 11:49 ) (67 reads) file img
- Re: A 1920s-30's "Miriam Haskell" Style Chinese Charm Necklace with Melted "Cinnabar" --- beadiste ( 2017-07-29 11:51 ) (67 reads) file img
- Cinnabar goo --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-29 18:08 ) (62 reads)
  - Re: Cinnabar goo --- beadiste ( 2017-07-29 18:38 ) (61 reads)
    - Some other examples --- beadiste ( 2017-07-29 18:50 ) (70 reads) file img
  - Wax under lacquer? --- beadiste ( 2017-07-30 23:53 ) (51 reads)
    - Sure, it's possible --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-31 07:26 ) (41 reads)
- Another Chinese charm necklace, $785 asking price on eBay --- beadiste ( 2017-07-30 19:37 ) (72 reads) file img
You may be interested in knowing about a Japanese Phd program in Urushi Art�scroll down. --- Frederick II ( 2017-07-29 15:06 ) (67 reads)
- Many YouTube videos, such as these [fushimi urushi kobo - fushimiurushikobo] --- beadiste ( 2017-07-29 19:29 ) (48 reads)

another mystery necklace --- linzib ( 2017-07-27 11:35 ) (222 reads) file img

The large amber-colored bead could be Bakelite --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-27 13:46 ) (95 reads)
- Re: The large amber-colored bead could be Bakelite --- linzib ( 2017-07-27 13:50 ) (105 reads) file img
Re: another mystery necklace --- Hans ( 2017-07-27 15:11 ) (130 reads)
- Very cool! Thanks, Hans! --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-27 21:07 ) (73 reads)
- Re: Re: another mystery necklace --- linzib ( 2017-07-27 23:55 ) (75 reads)
- Re: Re: another mystery necklace --- linzib ( 2017-07-27 23:55 ) (70 reads)
- M.J. Opper-Scented magic beads in Africa, p. 11 --- hans ( 2017-07-28 04:33 ) (102 reads)
  - Re: M.J. Opper-Scented magic beads in Africa - anyone have a copy for sale or loan? (no text) --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-28 07:44 ) (51 reads)
    - interesting article on ethnicjewelsmagazine.com --- Joyce ( 2017-07-28 20:11 ) (95 reads) link

Japanese Cloisonne Ojime - A Visual Pun --- beadiste ( 2017-07-20 12:23 ) (210 reads) link file img

More pix --- beadiste ( 2017-07-20 12:23 ) (119 reads) file img
- Kakuremino - the raincoat of invisibility --- beadiste ( 2017-07-20 16:49 ) (102 reads) file
  - Another picture: Kakuremino - the raincoat of invisibility --- beadiste ( 2017-07-21 08:27 ) (89 reads) file img
One more --- beadiste ( 2017-07-20 12:24 ) (95 reads) file img
This Ojime bead depicts Treasures of the Takaramono: --- Frederick II ( 2017-07-21 03:09 ) (92 reads)
- I liked the part about the hat and cloak of invisibility allowing the wearer to --- beadiste ( 2017-07-21 08:31 ) (56 reads)
A technical note on enamel colors and wires --- beadiste ( 2017-07-21 08:51 ) (101 reads) file img
- Those haircuts are so modern! (no text) --- Luann Udell ( 2017-07-22 21:50 ) (42 reads)
- Haori jackets make a comeback --- beadiste ( 2017-07-24 08:55 ) (65 reads)
  - Another way to wear beads - beaded haori himo --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-26 11:20 ) (62 reads) file img
Thank you both, Interesting new info to me.Never too old to learn! (no text) --- karavanserai ( 2017-07-23 01:29 ) (42 reads)
"I have seen one other of these and I think the dealer valued his at $4000." --- beadiste ( 2017-07-23 08:57 ) (83 reads)

Japanese cloisonne beads as kanzashi rather than ojime --- beadiste ( 2017-07-23 09:08 ) (117 reads) file img

Metal bead with silver and enamel --- beadiste ( 2017-07-23 09:09 ) (85 reads) file img
Views of the pins --- beadiste ( 2017-07-23 09:12 ) (76 reads) file img
A Kyoto style kanzashi --- beadiste ( 2017-07-24 16:15 ) (74 reads) file img
Edo-style glass beads as kanzashi - seller says they're 1950s --- beadiste ( 2017-07-25 19:57 ) (65 reads) file img
- A few more --- beadiste ( 2017-07-25 20:04 ) (60 reads) file img

Ebay finds --- htide ( 2017-07-25 16:22 ) (162 reads) link

Re: Ebay finds --- htide ( 2017-07-25 16:22 ) (129 reads)
- Re: Re: Ebay finds --- htide ( 2017-07-25 16:24 ) (175 reads) file img

What are your favorite bead books? --- Talli ( 2017-07-25 00:26 ) (107 reads)

Check this thread, --- Joyce ( 2017-07-25 06:54 ) (132 reads) link

Venetian Aventurine Roses Forget-Me-Nots Lamp Bead --- beadiste ( 2017-07-24 16:11 ) (146 reads) file img

More pix --- beadiste ( 2017-07-24 16:12 ) (92 reads) file img
More pix --- beadiste ( 2017-07-24 16:12 ) (78 reads) file img

Blue White-hearts --- newtoit ( 2017-07-23 14:36 ) (194 reads) file img

Re: Blue White-hearts --- Karlis ( 2017-07-23 14:46 ) (131 reads)
- Re: Re: Blue White-hearts --- newtoit ( 2017-07-23 15:58 ) (109 reads)
  - Re: Re: Re: Blue White-hearts --- Karlis ( 2017-07-23 22:59 ) (115 reads)

Greek & Roman objects in the MET in NYC USA --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-07-22 06:54 ) (178 reads) file img

Thank you for showing...hope to get there one day! (no text) --- Joyce ( 2017-07-23 16:26 ) (40 reads)

old bead photo Islamic --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-07-21 00:43 ) (259 reads) file img

gorgeous bead and photo! (no text) --- Joyce ( 2017-07-21 07:00 ) (52 reads)
Re: old bead photo Islamic --- jrj ( 2017-07-22 18:15 ) (137 reads)
- Re: Re: old bead photo Islamic --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-07-23 06:18 ) (124 reads)
  - Thanks for the info. Beautiful it is! (no text) --- jrj ( 2017-07-23 14:11 ) (51 reads)

70s-80s Chinese enamel morning glory clasp in a "Court Necklace" --- beadiste ( 2017-07-23 11:11 ) (131 reads)

Pix --- beadiste ( 2017-07-23 11:19 ) (109 reads) file img

Small Glass Beads --- alipersia ( 2017-07-19 06:50 ) (246 reads) file img

Re: Small Glass Beads --- alipersia ( 2017-07-19 06:51 ) (146 reads) file img
- Re: sorry for pic quality --- alipersia ( 2017-07-19 06:52 ) (141 reads) file img
Re: Small Glass Beads --- Furmosa ( 2017-07-19 06:58 ) (112 reads)
Thank you for posting these, they are amazing. (no text) --- beadiste ( 2017-07-19 10:01 ) (58 reads)
Small beads� --- Frederick II ( 2017-07-19 13:08 ) (124 reads)
Similar group... --- mosquitobay ( 2017-07-19 13:25 ) (152 reads) file img
- Bigger pic --- mosquitobay ( 2017-07-19 13:27 ) (147 reads) file img
Ali, Jan - Very, very lovely, thanks for posting! (no text) --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-19 15:14 ) (49 reads)
Re: Small Glass Beads --- dari ( 2017-07-22 13:05 ) (125 reads)
- I was drowned in Jan's beads.Dari chek private message (no text) --- alipersia ( 2017-07-23 04:31 ) (61 reads)

Modern hand craved wood Chinese bead --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-07-22 07:31 ) (130 reads) file img

Re: Modern hand craved wood Chinese bead --- stefany ( 2017-07-22 09:46 ) (91 reads)
- No, I think the wood is pine. (no text) --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-07-22 12:18 ) (55 reads)

Krobo, recycled 6 layer Venetian chevron --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-07-22 07:12 ) (145 reads) file img

Inside view of two broken 7 layer Venetian chevrons --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-07-22 07:09 ) (142 reads) file img

Modern lamp work bead by Nancy Pilgrim --- Dog Bone Crazy ( 2017-07-22 07:00 ) (130 reads) file img

mystery shell heishi beads --- lindabd ( 2017-07-17 09:47 ) (199 reads) file img

Re: mystery shell beads- Puka shells --- stefany ( 2017-07-17 11:06 ) (130 reads)
- Re: Re: mystery shell beads- Puka shells --- stefany ( 2017-07-18 01:24 ) (103 reads) file
- Doh! --- lindabd ( 2017-07-18 21:23 ) (147 reads) file img
  - shells as beads shouldn't offend vegetarians --- stefany ( 2017-07-19 13:30 ) (82 reads)
    - Re: shells as beads shouldn't offend vegetarians --- lindabd ( 2017-07-19 21:56 ) (64 reads)
  - I wonder if these glass beads are imitating those shells . . . --- nharlow42 ( 2017-07-19 16:15 ) (117 reads) file img
    - Re: I wonder if these glass beads are imitating those shells . . . --- lindabd ( 2017-07-19 22:00 ) (80 reads)
    - Re: I wonder if these glass beads are imitating those shells . . . --- lindabd ( 2017-07-19 22:00 ) (66 reads)
    - the dark lines look like made of Indian lac (no text) --- nishedha ( 2017-07-19 23:24 ) (58 reads)
    - I don't think so --- floorkasp ( 2017-07-20 00:52 ) (80 reads)
      - And there is only one line per bead . . . --- nharlow42 ( 2017-07-20 05:40 ) (67 reads)
  - Re: Doh! --- Furmosa ( 2017-07-20 15:34 ) (67 reads)
    - Re: Re: Doh! --- lindabd ( 2017-07-20 20:47 ) (61 reads)
      - Re: Re: Re: Doh! --- Furmosa ( 2017-07-21 03:55 ) (56 reads)
These were so "rad" in the '70s! --- Joyce ( 2017-07-17 19:22 ) (101 reads)

Dried seeds? --- Furmosa ( 2017-07-19 06:42 ) (137 reads) file img

Re: Dried seeds, etc... --- stefany ( 2017-07-19 13:14 ) (77 reads)
- Re: Re: Dried seeds, etc... --- Furmosa ( 2017-07-20 15:15 ) (76 reads)

More questionable Venetians --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-16 08:02 ) (249 reads) file img

Indonesian?... no, India, good to know --- birdi ( 2017-07-16 08:47 ) (88 reads)
Here are the blue / black versions --- Rosanna ( 2017-07-19 15:44 ) (122 reads) file img
I think they are Indian too --- floorkasp ( 2017-07-20 00:50 ) (74 reads)
- Re: I think they are Indian too --- stefany ( 2017-07-20 05:57 ) (84 reads)

Glass bead making in Nigeria --- beadiste ( 2017-07-18 20:19 ) (133 reads)

Black bird beads --- Furmosa ( 2017-07-17 17:49 ) (141 reads) file img

Oaxaca, Mexica, fired clay - 1980s or thereabouts (no text) --- Joyce ( 2017-07-17 19:19 ) (65 reads)
- Re: Oaxaca, Mexica, fired clay - 1980s or thereabouts --- Furmosa ( 2017-07-18 09:34 ) (79 reads)

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