4 Strands Unique Earthtones Hand crafted Ethnic Glass Trade Beads Necklace with Buffalo Bone Hand Carved Pendant of Fish, Zodiac Pisces, Borneo Kalimantan, Indonesia NECK41

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ETHNIC NECKLACE 

Great Condition. 

Beads were always considered to have magical properties and also had a currency value.

The Primitive Tribal Orang Ulu, Iban and Dayak women created these necklaces to wear or sell on the markets of Kalimantan.

Nice necklace made with 4 strands of glass trade beads, 1 metal bead, from Borneo.

Created with many small older trade beads and adorned with a hand carved pendant, representing a fish hanging from a silver ball, the fish is hand carved out of Indonesian water buffalo bone.

EARTHTONES.

Zodiac Pisces Symbol, Month of March.

All hand crafted

Collected in the field.

One of a kind

Item: NECK41

 All our collector and rare items come with pages and pages of research about provenance, and with history of the tribes and photos as well, depending on item and whenever possible. When shipping internationally, we group ship multiple purchases to save you money, and find the best rates available. If you have any questions or want to see research conducted on this piece and photos of tribes, let us know.

Indonesian water buffalo horn and bones are not on the endangered species list, in fact no buffalo is, from the American Buffalo to the Asian or African buffalo.

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