another view of a vintage silver bead from India

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Posted by Ethnic Embellishments on June 16, 2011 at 11:33pm

This bead is newer vintage.

Cam Knuckey June 18, 2011 at 3:41pm

I suspect this bead is Nepalese but I can always be wrong.
Ethnic Embellishments June 18, 2011 at 6:32pm

I do think that this bead is Indian, although the workmanship is similar. The bead was purchased in Tucson at one of the many shows. The dealer was Indian and had a lot of pieces with this work. It looks Rajasthani to me. Do you have something similar that would lead you to think it is Nepalese? I would love to see/ hear what you think. It is true that may Indians have been going to Nepal to have silver work done there in the past 10-15 years. I have a Nepalese bead that I will post for comparison; I often find the Nepalese work a bit finer.

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