Beads in all
form and shapes
The ancient Indus Valley people went to great efforts to obtain
agate stones for making beads of right colors, shapes and sizes.
Among all these shapes the flat shaped beads are among the most
interesting -
especially the lenticular shaped ones.
Uncooked beads makes the task of chipping the beads into shape more difficult! On top of it many of the beads in this series are translucent.
Unfortunately the lustre of
'uncooked' - not heat treated - carnelian is difficult to
display through a photo scan.
Still I am sure you will enjoy the mastery of the ancient bead
makers.
The next series is showing heat treated lenticular beads. The deep carnelian colour is not so dominant in these beads. Maybe they were only heat treated through repeated sun exposure.
C 1 - 19 * 10 * 8 mm
C 2
- 16 * 12 * 7 mm
C 4 - 14 * 10 * 5 mm
C 3
- 13 * 11 * 5 mm
C 5 - 12 * 9 * 6 mm
C 6
- 14 * 8 * 5 mm
C
7
- 13 * 10 * 5 mm
C
8
- 13 * 10 * 7 mm
C 1O - 18 * 10 * 5 mm
C
9
- 17 * 10 * 6 mm
Flat shaped
multicolored variegated jasper
F 1
- 19 * 11 * 8 mm
F 2
- 13 * 8 * 6 mm
F 4 - 21 * 6 * 5 mm
F 3
- 23 * 11 * 5 mm
F 6 - 15 * 8 * 5 mm
F 5
- 19 * 11 * 7 mm
F 8 - 17 * 12 * 8 mm
F 7
- 22 * 12 * 8 mm
F 9 - 18 * 11 * 7 mm
F
10 - 18 * 11 * 6 mm
F 11 - 21 * 8 * 6,5
mm
The photo scan shows clearly the special
uneven
surface on this bead and the one to the right.
This polishing technique on these beads unusual
with very rough
abrasives
F
12 - 21 * 8 * 6,5 mm
F 13 - 14 * 9 * 4 mm
F 14 - 13 * 10 * 7 mm
Flat shaped rare
colored Indus Valley Beads
The color of these
beads is very rare. The first seven beads are almost identical.
The last one in the series is a bit larger.
