Period:Unknown Production date:2006 (designed)
Materials:rock crystal, silk,
Technique:carved (rock-crystal)
Dimensions:Diameter: 2 centimetres (beads) Length: 38 centimetres (double, approx)
Description:
Necklace, formed of thirty-one hollowed-out rock-crystal beads on a knotted silk cord.
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Comments:The rock crystal beads are completely hollowed out instead of being pierced with a simple drill hole, an extraordinary feat of carving.See also 2009.8026.1.a-e for the stages in making one of the crystal beads as used in this naeklace.
Materials:rock crystal, silk,
Technique:carved (rock-crystal)
Dimensions:Diameter: 2 centimetres (beads) Length: 38 centimetres (double, approx)
Description:
Necklace, formed of thirty-one hollowed-out rock-crystal beads on a knotted silk cord.
IMG
Comments:The rock crystal beads are completely hollowed out instead of being pierced with a simple drill hole, an extraordinary feat of carving.See also 2009.8026.1.a-e for the stages in making one of the crystal beads as used in this naeklace.
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