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NATURAL BRONZE MOTHER-or-PEARL SHELL FOCAL BEAD CARVED HUMAN SKULL DESIGN
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Item # |
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209 0346
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Type of carving |
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Natural bronze-color Mother-of-Pearl shell carving / focal bead.
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Design |
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Fine realistically carved HUMAN SKULL DESIGN BEAD without lower jaw
~ 3-dimensionally carving.
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Material |
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Genuine natural bronze Mother-of-Pearl shell
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Amount |
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1 (one) individual piece
* All photos are taken from the actual item *
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Weight |
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approx. 2.00 grams
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Size |
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Length / height: approx. 12.05 mm (measured from below to the top of the skull)
Width: approx. 11.00 mm
Depth: approx. 12.13 mm
All measurements are taken at the widest points.
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Perforation |
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Fully drilled vertically from top to bottom with an approx. 1.20 mm drill hole
~ this bead is not strung and not a ready to wear piece of jewelry.
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Origin |
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This shell originates from Sumbawa Island / Indonesia and is hand-carved in Bali by our in-house master craftsmen.
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Color |
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Stunning shades of bronze
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Quality |
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Excellent deep and finely carved natural shell.
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Treatment |
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None ~ 100 % natural shell and natural color without any enhancements.
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Definition bronze Mother-of-Pearl |
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Black Winged Oyster – Pteria Penguin
Pteria is a genus of winged oyster closely related to Pinctata that also produces commercial quantities of Mother-of-Pearls.
It is a tropical species, with pearly interiors and long, wing-like projections of the hinge, have fragile shells.
Winged oysters are found naturally on rocks and coral near channels and capes where the current runs fast and they attach themselves to the ocean bottom and to wharf pilings. Pteria Penguin is a major source of Mabe Pearl production.
The Black Winged Oyster, Pteria Penguin that grows up to 20-30 cm in diameter is also called “the penguin wing oyster” from its shape like a wing. They commonly display a silver color under the oyster muscle with a rich mauve, gold banding towards the black/brown outer-lip.
The Black Winged Oyster produces brilliant nacre with a rainbow-like spectrum of hues and possesses a uniquely penetrating brilliance, with hues ranging from light pink through deep "rainbow".
Sometimes the shells have gold or other hues of high rarity. This rich variety of lustrous hues combines with nacreous layers of a rarely seen fineness of texture to give this Mother-of-Pearl.
The Black Winged Pearl Oyster can be found in the east to the western tropical Pacific and from the southern islands of Japan in the north to the southern waters of Australia and Indonesia.
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Remarks |
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This finely carved shell focal bead could make a stunning pendant, part of a bracelet, necklace, ring or other designer jewelry.
Gorgeous carving ~ ready to be made into beautiful piece of jewelry.
Don’t miss this opportunity to own this beautiful natural apricot-color trumpet shell carving |
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