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Antique Ivory Ring for Adornment
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A gorgeous piece of antique ivory with an amazing patina. In Tibet these pieces are traditionally worn in the hair.
Origin: Tibet
19th Century
Condition: Excellent
47.41 mm diameter
depth 14.61 mm
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Rare Quality Skull Bead
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This is a wonderful hand carved skull bead that appears to be carved from deer antler.
Sourced in the ancient Newar city of Bhaktapur, Nepal
Condition: Excellent
height approx 40 mm
width approx 25 mm
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Three Matched Rare Quality Conch Shell Skull Beads
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Our Price: £45.00
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Three wonderfull hand carved conch skull beads. A perfect set full of character and great for adding to a mala.
Sourced in Nepal
Material: Conch/Chank Shell
Condition: Excellent
height approx 17 mm
width approx 16 mm
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Huge Mother of Pearl Shell Bead with Turquoise
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Our Price: £18.00
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A wonderful large bead inlaid with small pieces of turquoise. The bead displays wonderful iridescence.
Sourced in Nepal
Condition: Excellent
width approx 35 mm
length approx 45 mm
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Huge Mother of Pearl Shell Bead with Turquoise & Lapis
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A wonderful large bead inlaid with small pieces of turquoise and lapis. The bead displays wonderful iridescence.
Sourced in Nepal
Condition: Excellent
length approx 35 mm
width approx 30 mm
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Hand Carved Dharmapala Amulet
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Our Price: £60.00
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A great looking hand carved Dharmapala amulet. Includes a small sapphire at the apex and is framed with silver. The quality of the carving is particularly nice on this piece.
Condition: Excellent
Material: Bone
Origin: Nepal
height approx 32 mm
width approx 16 mm
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Huge Mother of Pearl Shell Bead with Coral Inlay
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Our Price: £18.00
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A wonderful large bead inlaid with small pieces of coral. The bead displays wonderful iridescence. This piece would make a great focal bead on a necklace.
Sourced in Nepal
Condition: Excellent
length approx 35 mm
width approx 31 mm
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Ancient Quartz, Chalcedony & Shell Beads
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Our Price: £25.00
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A small collection of matched ancient quartz crystal, chalcedony and shell diamond shaped beads. Great for adding to a stone bead necklace.
11 beads
Western Asiatic
2000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Condition: Very good
approx 15 mm to 18.57 mm
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Large Bone Skull Bead
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Our Price: £5.00
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These old skull beads came out of Tibet but were probably made in India or Nepal. In Tibet and the Himalayan regions, skull beads have been used to adorn ritual dance costumes for centuires. You will receive ONE bead of identical quality to the beads shown.
age: less than 50 years
height approx 30 mm x 28 mm
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Rare Human Skull Kapala Mala - 108 beads
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Our Price: £400.00
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A rare tantric mala (Thöpa Trengwa) comprised of 108 authentic human skull beads and a impressive skull guru bead carved from antler. It is extremely difficult to source these beads and in fact we have exhausted the remaining stock of our supplier. This means it is unlikely we will be able to source more in the near future. The beads are particularly fine.
Age: beads were made in the 1990s
Origin: Hand crafted from human skull in Nepal
Kapala bead size approx 14 mm diameter (6 mm width)
skull guru bead approx 25 mm x 20 mm
strung on strong braided nylon cord (colour of cord may vary)
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