A BACTRIAN BANDED AGATE AND CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE
A BACTRIAN BANDED AGATE AND CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE

CIRCA 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A BACTRIAN BANDED AGATE AND CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE
Circa 3rd-2nd Millennium B.C.
Composed of one triangular and thirty-two rhomboid banded agate beads, graduated in size, interspersed with thirty-four small globular carnelian beads, some etched in white; strung with a modern hook-and-hook closure
23 in. (58.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner in the mid 1990s.

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