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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9828573, member: 76316"]It's almost 20" long (each side). There are 11 of those remarkable woven knots, an' 46 of the smaller locator/guard knots.</p><p>Pic 3 & 9 show several points of extreme wear in the cord, an' there's a repair in a brighter blue thread in pic 8. The bead-pairs are subtly graduated from ~1 1/8" x ~3/8" to ~7/8" x ~5/16"; the whole string weighs ~15 1/2 grams.</p><p>Is it Chinese? Is it as old as it seems to me (late 19th C to ~1920)? Is the form indicative of special significance? Last BNL: what are those woven knots called, an' what is their significance, if any?</p><p>Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]490367[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490368[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490369[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490370[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490371[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490372[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490373[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490374[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490375[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9828573, member: 76316"]It's almost 20" long (each side). There are 11 of those remarkable woven knots, an' 46 of the smaller locator/guard knots. Pic 3 & 9 show several points of extreme wear in the cord, an' there's a repair in a brighter blue thread in pic 8. The bead-pairs are subtly graduated from ~1 1/8" x ~3/8" to ~7/8" x ~5/16"; the whole string weighs ~15 1/2 grams. Is it Chinese? Is it as old as it seems to me (late 19th C to ~1920)? Is the form indicative of special significance? Last BNL: what are those woven knots called, an' what is their significance, if any? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]490367[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490368[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490369[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490370[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490371[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490372[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490373[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490374[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490375[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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