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Ancient Burmese Pumtek Beads

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Ancient Burmese Pumtek Beads
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This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 12:34UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4230
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Title: Ancient Burmese Pumtek Beads
Description: A group of ancient Burmese pumtek beads made from opalized palm wood by the Pyu people. All show the grain of the fossilized wood, highlighted by linear patterns in white on the tubular beads. These beads had a high exchange rate and were an essential part of marriage payments, imitations being made as early as 1926 when the supply of originals became exhausted. See Opitz, pp. 61-61 (illustrated there).
Low Estimate: 500
High Estimate: 900
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