Vegtable Ivory Necklaces

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Jannie Groenewald, Sep 14, 2024.

  1. Jannie Groenewald

    Jannie Groenewald Well-Known Member

    Good day
    I found this today in a charity shop. It was marked as Vegtable Ivory but I am not sure. They very very dirty so I gently washed them with some lukd water.
    Jannie
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  2. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Classic Schreger lines here, which identifies the beads as elephant ivory -
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Not unless the vegetable was self-propelled and went by Jumbo! Those are the real deal, with what look like bone spacers. Better still I think those are native-made beads. Better because I like them better; these days you can't sell any at all in the USA/UK, so values aren't a factor here.
     
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