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Wonderful piece. Love the texture of the coral beads & those Silver bead next to them are fabulous! They are the barrel shaped with larger inlayed bead in center. They look for antique.
Tajik
I also spy a Tuareg bead in there above the amulet!
splendid necklace. nice colors and forms combination
Hillary, you have a fine sens of abservation. i agree that is a tuareg bead
Agree, Tajik, but the central pendant, what would that be?
I think that it is probably Tajik, but I must say that it looks like it is repousse in imitation of actual granulation. It also remind me of Kazakh work.
Thank you for you comments, Hillary and Joost. I have the feeling that these particular pieces are always some kind of a challenge. They seemed to have spread from what I believe is its original area, mainly Kyrgyzstan/Tajidkistan, to wider areas where they have received local influences and additions. On top they are fairly often re-strung to withstand the passing of time. The Tuareg bead, it very much looks like it!, is quite amazing as I got this pair quite some years ago on one of my trips in Central Asia. The silver beads vary in age but on average are quite old. I am attaching a closer picture of the central pendant. I have not had the chance yet to check it if it is actually granulation work or repousse work as Hillary has pointed out but will be checking.