Carved Wooden Buddhist Flat 4-Holed Beads, Strand, Nepal - Rita Okrent Collection (ANT117)

Carved Wooden Buddhist Flat 4-Holed Beads, Strand, Nepal - Rita Okrent Collection (ANT117)Carved wood flat 4 holed plaque beads, each with raised symbolic Buddhist figures. 10 plaques beads per strand. Two holes on each side of each bead with the exception of end bead which has one hole at one end. Beads average 1 inch tall.. Could have been parts of belts. Circa 1975 1980. Price is per strand. These are very interesting and could be used as focal pendants or on bracelets. Antique and Vintage Item 117

Mixed and Matched

Round bead sizes range from 8-18mm each

Purchased by Rita in the 1980’s

12 mm from hole to hole

This handmade antique bronze pendant would have been used as an embellishment sewn on clothing as a protective talisman

21 grams total

Sourced in the 1980's during Rita's travels

Includes wedding cake beads and small red pigeon egg beads

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