Stone Beads On Asian Necklace

Another type of stone question.
Thanks

 

Tiger eye natural "yellow",red,blue"hawks eye".

 

What she said. Tigerseye is yellow and brown and hawks eye is dark. They're both a form of quartz. The little dude...dunno, but I don't think he's elephant ivory.

 

Ivory, don't know from what animal.

 

Agree. And the red tiger eye is called bull's eye.

 

How is that netsuke connected ? I love the beads,Ive always had a thing for Tigers eye.

 

I don't think it is an actual netsuke, the thread seems to pass through him from head to foot.

 

Correct, drilled and the cord passes through. What do you mean by not actual netsuke?

 

Kard, it may have something to do with the holes in the figure.

Here's an explanation:
(Netsuke) normally have two connecting cord holes (known as himotoshi), but one will be much larger than the other

and more from the same source:
http://www.jncohen.net/Japanese-Netsuke/Cordhole.htm

 

Thanks. I got it.

 

OTOH I've seen hawkseye and tigerseye necklaces with ivory bits before; I think they were done in the late 80s.

 

This could depend on the region of origin. My antique netsuke, all signed and authenticated, do not have a distinctly larger hole. In Manju Netsuke (like a large button) it would be a hindrance.