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congratulations Betty. very nice necklace.
at the first view, the beads look handmade with the traditionel techniques. definetly not new. how old ? i can not say it. is it possibl to add close fotos ??
Thank you, Ait! I do rather like it... I've added a close-up I took this aftrnoon, but with the weather being so dark and nasty here today, it hasn't come out too well...
Love the design of this necklace, Betty. It's the sort of necklace that looks good against so many different backgrounds.
Bettina, A lovely necklace. again like I wrote another time, It is not traditional but a new combination done by (I think) an Ethiopian national. It is a combination of anklet beads. The small heisa beads are often of a good silver content. The larger beads are know as the Wollo beads and are of a lower alloi. perhaps 60/100. each were anklet beads. They are old beads, both of them.
Gr.Ingrid.
I only saw the Picture now, and Ingrid has answered all the questions (which I could not have done). A very nice necklace indeed!
Thanks a lot for all of kind comments and thank you, Ait and Ingrid for confirming that the beads are old. They have a wonderful smooth feel to them. I fell in love with the necklace at first sight and wear it a lot (as thelma remarked the design is indeed very versatile)... I am very sure that it has been put together by an Ethiopian bead designer since I do have another necklace of a similar style that came from the same source (also using the same thread). Just wish I could find out who this talented person is :-))