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brought a bag of stuff mainly because these were in it anything special about them look like mother of pearl smashed one they are wooden love the colours chris

 

They look more like Fimo or other polymer clay. It would be an enormous project to inlay irregular bits of MOP in wood.

 

I've seen similar ones before, but always in broken necklaces with zero identification. They may be Indian or something similar.

 

Did you smash one?
You think it is wood instead of clay?

Could it be sawdust mixed with mother of pearl and then shaped and polished into balls?

 

gave them a tap again without breaking and the sections came off with black underneath

 

You didn't really say, did you break one open and find sawdust/wood chips/wood?


I'm just throwing out ideas, as I don't really know.

With the black underneath, possibly Japanese lacquer with mother of pearl that have been coated and then polished down to have the MOP show.

 

Try looking at mokume ojime beads.

http://www.earthlyadornments.com/la...0th-c-very-rare-1-5-8-x-1-3-16-b7-cin235.html

 

Well done

@Chris Mount Don't think I would smash or chip away at anymore.

 

yeah don't think so thanks for everyone efforts thought they may be something nice the whole bad was 7 dollars rexkon I'm safe with these

 

found an thanks sis reckon they are pretty special