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Title: Neolithic stone beads Post by: tasart55 on August 12, 2010, 09:50:14 pm Most of these beads are old technology, no modern drill bits, no electric tools, these were ground or knapped by hand and drilled with a bow drill or similar, the perforations were drilled from both ends to ensure the bead would not break during the drilling process, this can be somewhat seen in the transparent quartz bead, note the conical holes....(https://gemstone.smfforfree4.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tasart.com%2Fimages%2Fpages%2FIMG_0082.jpg&hash=f1c1d7245cf06d9b5c29c20fb5ed1dd9)
(https://gemstone.smfforfree4.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tasart.com%2Fimages%2Fpages%2FIMG_0082b.jpg&hash=5a5ada1e38d6311b43209a25aa39566a) Title: Re: Neolithic stone beads Post by: Taogem on August 12, 2010, 11:00:52 pm I like the rough unfinished appearance.. The look is so.... hmmm... Earthy !
Title: Re: Neolithic stone beads Post by: Enchantra on August 13, 2010, 07:05:07 am Gorgeous beads. It would have been awesome to actually watch someone make those and learn firsthand the whole process! |