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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 4426955, member: 55&quot;]I&#039;m sorry, I stand by my earlier posts, #26 &amp; 27.&nbsp; The coloring is exactly what is produced in the Indonesian cottage industry, by dunking in tea for various lengths of time. (I&#039;ve done that myself as an experiment, with a collection of similar Indonesian pendants - and these are the colors you get by steeping for an hour or a day.) Yes, they are bone, from the local water-buffalo, hand-carved by the thousands and sold to the bead-trade.&nbsp; If you can find the online source, in a bead-seller&#039;s catalog, they will cost less than $1 each in bulk.</p><p>One simply does not find authentic tribal items, from any culture, in large groups of nearly identical items, none showing wear or damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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