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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marie Forjan, post: 167566, member: 147&quot;]I went to see a woman who knows I restring beads, she thought I could use this. I think the beads are amber, I can see a few things embedded in some of the beads but they don&#039;t look like modern plastic with amber flakes. The surface of the beads is crackled. Tooth tap says not glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I like the beads no matter what they are but I don&#039;t want to cut this apart until I know what it is. The knotting is in very good condition and nicely done, I hate to cut apart something like this until I know what it is and how old it is. I think the balls under the tassel ends are wood, they are hard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any idea if the beads are amber? I don&#039;t want to test them unless I cut this apart and I don&#039;t want to do that without finding out what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what the heck is this thing, it&#039;s 6&#039; without the tassels, 8&#039; with them (each being 12&quot;). I tried Googling &quot;amber beads tassels&quot; and got worry beads, necklaces and bracelets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted the question to 2 of the ebay boards and got these suggestions:</p><p>- a belt (wraps around my not-so-slim waist twice)</p><p>- part of a Chinese wedding headdress (the knots do look like Chinese knots)</p><p>- a Sautoir necklace (3 times around my neck and the tassels hang down to my waist)</p><p>- Tibetan Knot Long Necklace - Dpal Be&#039;u</p><p>- I was wondering if it might be some kind of tie back for drapery</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone here seen this before? Thanks so much for looking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]45958[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]45959[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]45960[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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