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ANCIENT CENTRAL ASIAN STONE BEAD (item No: Agate 001)
Origin: Afghanistan - Bactrian Culture
Age: 4,800 - 4,200 years
Length: 29mm (1.15 inches) approx
Width: 11mm (0.4 inches) approx
Price: £42 (including postage worldwide)
The Bactrian culture of Northern Afghanistan were an ancient trading people that exported goods right across Asia, into Tibet, Mongolia, China and Siberia, and also into Eastern Europe and beyond. Their beads are prized today and still worn by Tibetan nomads and such like.
This is a genuine, ancient agate stone bead, hand made and polished. It is in good condition and is real treasure you can wear around your neck or tie onto other objects. Stone beads like this have been especially favoured for their protective qualities and worn as amulets since neolithic times.
Comes with a simple leather cord to enable you to wear it if you wish.
ANCIENT CENTRAL ASIAN STONE BEAD (item No: Agate 002)
Origin: Afghanistan - Bactrian Culture
Age: 4,800 - 4,200 years
Length: 37mm (1.5 inches) approx
Width: 11mm (0.4 inches) approx
Price: £55 (including postage worldwide)
The Bactrian culture of Northern Afghanistan were an ancient trading people that exported goods right across Asia, into Tibet, Mongolia, China and Siberia, and also into Eastern Europe and beyond. Their beads are prized today and still worn by Tibetan nomads and such like.
This is a genuine, ancient agate stone bead, hand made and polished. It is in good condition and is real treasure you can wear around your neck or tie onto other objects. Stone beads like this have been especially favoured for their protective qualities and worn as amulets since neolithic times.
Comes with a simple leather cord to enable you to wear it if you wish.
ANCIENT CENTRAL ASIAN STONE BEAD (item No: Agate 003)
Origin: Afghanistan - Bactrian Culture
Age: 4,800 - 4,200 years
Length: 22mm (0.8 inches) approx
Width: 7mm (0.35 inches) approx
Price: £42 (including postage worldwide)
The Bactrian culture of Northern Afghanistan were an ancient trading people that exported goods right across Asia, into Tibet, Mongolia, China and Siberia, and also into Eastern Europe and beyond. Their beads are prized today and still worn by Tibetan nomads and such like.
This is a genuine, ancient agate stone bead, hand made and polished. It is in good condition and is real treasure you can wear around your neck or tie onto other objects. Stone beads like this have been especially favoured for their protective qualities and worn as amulets since neolithic times.
Comes with a simple leather cord to enable you to wear it if you wish.
ANCIENT CENTRAL ASIAN STONE BEAD (item No: Agate 004)
Origin: Afghanistan - Bactrian Culture
Age: 4,800 - 4,200 years
Length: 15mm (0.6 inches) approx
Width: 7mm (0.25 inches) approx
Price: £29 (including postage worldwide)
The Bactrian culture of Northern Afghanistan were an ancient trading people that exported goods right across Asia, into Tibet, Mongolia, China and Siberia, and also into Eastern Europe and beyond. Their beads are prized today and still worn by Tibetan nomads and such like.
This is a genuine, ancient agate stone bead, hand made and polished. It is in good condition and is real treasure you can wear around your neck or tie onto other objects. Stone beads like this have been especially favoured for their protective qualities and worn as amulets since neolithic times.
Comes with a simple leather cord to enable you to wear it if you wish.
ANCIENT CENTRAL ASIAN STONE BEAD (item No: Agate 005)
Origin: Afghanistan - Bactrian Culture
Age: 4,800 - 4,200 years
Length: 42mm (1.05 inches) approx
Width: 16mm (0.55 inches) approx
Price: £42 (including postage worldwide)
The Bactrian culture of Northern Afghanistan were an ancient trading people that exported goods right across Asia, into Tibet, Mongolia, China and Siberia, and also into Eastern Europe and beyond. Their beads are prized today and still worn by Tibetan nomads and such like.
This is a genuine, ancient agate stone bead, hand made and polished. It is in good condition and is real treasure you can wear around your neck or tie onto other objects. Stone beads like this have been especially favoured for their protective qualities and worn as amulets since neolithic times.
Comes with a simple leather cord to enable you to wear it if you wish.
ANCIENT CENTRAL ASIAN STONE BEAD (item No: Agate 006)
Origin: Afghanistan - Bactrian Culture
Age: 4,800 - 4,200 years
Length: 24mm (0.95 inches) approx
Width: 8mm (0.3 inches) approx
Price: £38 (including postage worldwide)
The Bactrian culture of Northern Afghanistan were an ancient trading people that exported goods right across Asia, into Tibet, Mongolia, China and Siberia, and also into Eastern Europe and beyond. Their beads are prized today and still worn by Tibetan nomads and such like.
This is a genuine, ancient agate stone bead, hand made and polished. It is in good condition and is real treasure you can wear around your neck or tie onto other objects. Stone beads like this have been especially favoured for their protective qualities and worn as amulets since neolithic times.
Comes with a simple leather cord to enable you to wear it if you wish.
ANCIENT CENTRAL ASIAN STONE BEAD (item No: Agate 007)
Origin: Afghanistan - Bactrian Culture
Age: 4,800 - 4,200 years
Length: 25mm (1 inch) approx
Width: 8mm (0.3 inches) approx
Price: £35 (including postage worldwide) - SOLD
The Bactrian culture of Northern Afghanistan were an ancient trading people that exported goods right across Asia, into Tibet, Mongolia, China and Siberia, and also into Eastern Europe and beyond. Their beads are prized today and still worn by Tibetan nomads and such like.
This is a genuine, ancient agate stone bead, hand made and polished. It is in good condition and is real treasure you can wear around your neck or tie onto other objects. Stone beads like this have been especially favoured for their protective qualities and worn as amulets since neolithic times.
Comes with a simple leather cord to enable you to wear it if you wish.
ANCIENT TIBETAN DZI STONE BEAD (item No: dZi 001)
Origin: Tibet
Age of Dzi: 3,500 - 2,500 years
Length of Dzi: 19mm (0.7 inches) approx
Width: 11mm (0.35 inches) approx
Price: £165 (including postage worldwide) - SOLD
Dzi stones are considered tobe very protective amulets in Tibet and have been worn there for thousands of years.
This is a simple two-stripe small dZi in good condition with a naturla red coral bead (age around 20 - 50 years) and a hand carved natural turquoise bead (age around 100 - 300 years)
Comes with a simple leather cord to enable you to wear it if you wish.
TWO ANCIENT TIBETAN CARNELIAN PEMA RAKA STONE BEADS (item No: Carn 001)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 150 - 400 years
Length: 21mm (0.85 inches) approx
Width: 14mm (0.5 inches) approx
Price: £35 each or £60 the pair (including postage worldwide) - SOLD
A matched pair of ancient, hand shaped, delightfully warm red carnelian Pema Raka beads from Tibet. Very rare and worn for their traditional healing associations in Tibetan medicine.
ANCIENT TIBETAN CARNELIAN PEMA RAKA STONE FLOWER BEAD (item No: Carn 002)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 150 - 400 years
Length: 11mm (0.35 inches) approx
Width: 18mm (0.7 inches) approx
Price: £35 (including postage worldwide) - SOLD
An ancient, hand shaped, delightfully warm red carnelian Pema Raka flower or melon bead from Tibet. Very rare and worn for their traditional healing associations in Tibetan medicine.
TIBETAN 'SHERPA CORAL' CLASS BEADS (Item No. Bead 001)
Origin: Tibet or Nepal
Age: 300 - 100 years approx
Length: 12mm (0.5 inches approx)
Width: 14mm (0.55 inches approx)
Price: £2.25 each or 5 for £10 (including postage worldwide)
Antique, deep red, Sherpa coral glass beads like these are generally between 200 and 300 years old. They were originally made in China as trade beads, and are popular in Tibet as they are much cheaper than real red coral. They come in deep pink or a rich red colour, the red ones are especially sought after as they red is a protective colour. The beads are in good condition, with old dirt in small cracks and chips which shows their age.
They come from a necklace I have taken apart and so I am selling the beads seperalty. They can be worn around the neck on a cord or used in craft projects. Wonderful yummy red beads.
TIBETAN 'TIGER BELL' - LARGE (Item No. Bead 002)
Origin: Tibet
Age: New
Length: 34mm (1.25 inches approx)
Width: 25mm (1 inch approx)
Price: £3.45 each (including postage worldwide)
Found all over Asia from the South right upto Siberia these brass bells are always associated with shamanism, protection and magic. Prized by Siberian shamans who often wear them on thier coats, in other cultures they are tied to childrens ankles as protective charms, tied to drums and worn around the neck.
They have been made for centuries and although are not easy to find are still being made.
They have a loud sound.
TIBETAN 'TIGER BELL' - SMALL (Item No. Bead 003)
Origin: Tibet
Age: New
Length: 12mm (0.5 inches approx)
Width: 10mm (0.4 inches approx)
Price: £0.85 each or 5 for £4 (including postage worldwide)
Found all over Asia from the South right upto Siberia these brass bells are always associated with shamanism, protection and magic. Prized by Siberian shamans who often wear them on thier coats, in other cultures they are tied to childrens ankles as protective charms, tied to drums and worn around the neck.
They have been made for centuries and although are not easy to find are still being made.
TIBETAN TANTRIC HUMAN BONE ORNAMENT (Necromancers Bone Apron) (item No: Apron 001)
(Tibetan: rus rgyan)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 250 -200 years
Length of longest carving: 140mm (5.5 inches) approx
Width of longest carving: 34mm (1.35 inches) approx
Carving with birds: 39mm (1.6 inches) square approx
Price: £1275 (including postage worldwide)
An extremely rare, museum quality, hand carved, human bone chest decoration from a set of human bone tantric ornaments. The set would have originally included a bone crown, earrings, armbands, apron and other itmes which have been lost or seperated over time.
Items like this come onto the market extremly infrequently. This one is believed to date from between 1790 and 1820 and was obtained from an antiques dealer in Manchester in the UK who bought it from a family with connections to Clive of India. It is original, used and authentic.
Ornaments like this were worn in ceremonies by high ranking tantric lamas, ritual dancers and some shamans.
The set is in good condition and is quite soundly strung, although during it's more recent life one of the strings on the right hand side as you look at it has broken and been re-strung incorrectly with a number of beads left out of the stringing (compaire the two lower strings in the second photo above - the lefthand side as you look at it is correct). The plastic bag in the photo contains the missing beads and it would be easy to restore this with new thread. Nicholas is willing to do this free of charge if required.
Although single bones from broken sets come on to the market from time to time - generally reaching prices between £500 and £1000 each - it is very rare indeed to find a complete set in such good condition.
The set is suitable for use by tantric practioners and Ngkapas etc., or could be displayed.
BUDDHIST MALA PRAYER BEADS (Item No. Mala 001)
Origin: Tibet or Nepal
Age: 100 - 50 years approx
Size: Beads 9mm (0.3 inches approx) in diameter
108 bone beads, with bone counter beads.
Price: £45 (including postage worldwide) - SOLD
This antique mala (tenwa) is made of 108 bone beads (probably yak but possibly human). It has two sets of matching bone counter beads and a nice bone guru bead. The beads are in very good condition, with nice patina and signs of use. It a very useable mala for shamanic divination or Buddhist practice.
For more information about malas read the article about them on the articles page of this website.
BUDDHIST MALA PRAYER BEADS (Item No. Mala 002)
Origin: Tibet or Nepal
Age: 100 - 50 years approx
Size: Beads 12mm (0.5 inches approx) in diameter
108 bone beads.
Price: £25 (including postage worldwide)
This antique undecorated mala (tenwa) is made of 108 bone beads (probably yak). The beads are in very good condition, with nice patina and signs of use. It a very useable mala for shamanic divination or Buddhist practice.
For more information about malas read the article about them on the articles page of this website.
LARGE CARVED TIBETAN HUMAN? BONE BEAD (Item No. Bead 04)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 150 - 50 years approx
Size: length 48mm (2 inches approx)
Diameter 31mm (1.25 inches approx)
Price: £19 (including postage worldwide)
This is a large bone tubular bead with a copper ring on one side so it can be suspended on a cord or tied to another object. It is decorated with Tibetan script beautifully carved into it, which is probably a mantra. The bead was originally probably part of a larger item and may well be made from human bone, although without tests that is not possible to prove.
The bead is in very good condition, there is slight damage to one end which can be seen in photo three, but this happened a long time ago and the damage is quite stable and not going to get any worse.
All in all a very interesting item that could be worn as part of a necklace or tied on to another ritual object.
TIBETAN 'SHERPA CORAL' CLASS BEADS (Item No. Necklace 001)
Origin: Tibet or Nepal
Age: 300 - 100 years approx
Size: Beads 10mm (0.3 inches approx) to 15mm (0.5 inches approx) in length
Necklace of 49 graduated, deep red glass beads on a string
Price: £45 (including postage worldwide) - SOLD
This antique necklace is made of deep red Sherpa coral glass beads. Sherpa coral beads are made of glass and are generally between 200 and 300 years old. They were originally made in China as trade beads, and are popular in Tibet as they are much cheaper than real red coral. They come in deep pink or a rich red colour, the red ones are especially sought after as they red is a protective colour. The beads are in good condition, with old dirt in small cracks and chips which shows their age. It a very desirable and useable necklace if you wish to wear it, or alternatively the beads can be separated and used in other craft projects. A beautiful string of beads, rich in history.
TIBETAN CORAL SILVER REPOUSEE BEAD (Item No. Bead 05)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 10 - 5 years approx
Size: Main bead 26mm (1 inch) in length
Strung coral or Sherpa coral, silver capped bead with two smaller silver beads at either end
Price: £13 (including postage worldwide)
TIBETAN CORAL SILVER REPOUSEE BEAD (Item No. Bead 06)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 10 - 5 years approx
Size: Bead 25mm (1 inch) in length
Strung coral or Sherpa coral, silver capped bead with inset turquoise of faux turquoise bead on the end of the coral
Price: £13 (including postage worldwide)
This Tibetan bead is made of dark red coral or Sherpa coral. It is capped with silver and has a small turquoise or faux turquoise stone on the very end of the coral. It is suspended on a new cord so it can be worn around the neck or tied to another object if you wish.
TIBETAN CORAL SILVER REPOUSEE BEAD (Item No. Bead 07)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 10 - 5 years approx
Size: Bead 25mm (1 inch) in length
Strung coral or Sherpa coral, silver capped bead
Price: £13 (including postage worldwide)
This Tibetan bead is made of dark red coral or Sherpa coral. It is capped with silver. It is suspended on a new cord so it can be worn around the neck or tied to another object if you wish.
TIBETAN CORAL SILVER REPOUSEE BEAD (Item No. Bead 08)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 10 - 5 years approx
Size: Bead 22mm (0.9 inch approx) in length
Unstrung Coral, silver capped bead
Price: £9 (including postage worldwide)
This larger Tibetan bead is made of dark red coral or Sherpa coral. It is capped with silver.
TIBETAN AMBER SILVER REPOUSEE BEAD (Item No. Bead 09)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 10 - 5 years approx
Size: Bead 28mm (0.9 inch approx) in length
Unstrung Amber, silver capped bead with 5 small red coral inset beads in each end
Price: £16 (including postage worldwide
This larger Tibetan bead is made of Tibetan amber and has 5 small red coral beads set into the silver caps on each end.
TIBETAN AMBER SILVER REPOUSEE BEAD (Item No. Bead 10)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 10 - 5 years approx
Size: Bead 32mm (1.2 inch approx) in length
Unstrung Amber, silver capped bead with 3 small red coral inset beads in each end
Price: £12 (including postage worldwide) - SOLD
This larger Tibetan bead is made of Tibetan amber and has 3 small red coral beads set into the silver caps on each end.
TIBETAN AMBER SILVER REPOUSEE BEAD (Item No. Bead 11)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 10 - 5 years approx
Size: Bead 21mm (0.8 inch approx) in length
Unstrung Amber, silver capped bead
Price: £9 (including postage worldwide)
This larger Tibetan bead is made of Tibetan amber and has silver caps on each end.
