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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 11429032, member: 16283"]Thanks Ruth-That's as far as I got too.I recall scads of Indian wall hangings being sold in the 60's. Didn't know sequins were so old-</p><p><i>'Sequins made with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus" rel="nofollow">nautilus</a> shell were found dating back 12,000 years in Indonesia.Evidence exists that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" rel="nofollow">gold</a> sequins were being used as decoration on clothing or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphernalia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphernalia" rel="nofollow">paraphernalia</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley" rel="nofollow">Indus Valley</a> as early as 2500 BC, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kot_Diji" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kot_Diji" rel="nofollow">Kot Diji</a> phase.Solid gold sequins sewn into royal garments were found inside the tomb of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun" rel="nofollow">Tutankhamun</a>.'</i></p><p>I'll never think of Liberace,Elton or Cher the same way again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 11429032, member: 16283"]Thanks Ruth-That's as far as I got too.I recall scads of Indian wall hangings being sold in the 60's. Didn't know sequins were so old- [I]'Sequins made with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus']nautilus[/URL] shell were found dating back 12,000 years in Indonesia.Evidence exists that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold']gold[/URL] sequins were being used as decoration on clothing or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphernalia']paraphernalia[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley']Indus Valley[/URL] as early as 2500 BC, during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kot_Diji']Kot Diji[/URL] phase.Solid gold sequins sewn into royal garments were found inside the tomb of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun']Tutankhamun[/URL].'[/I] I'll never think of Liberace,Elton or Cher the same way again.[/QUOTE]
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