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<p>[QUOTE="Vesuvia, post: 639848, member: 10906"]Hello! Thank you so much! I’ve had this piece for a year and have taken it to several places, but no one has been able to tell me much about it, beyond they did not believe it was a piece that was ever intended for export; oh!, and that it wasn’t a shamanic necklace (as was my first thought). </p><p><br /></p><p>My neodymium magnet instantly attracts the metal spacer beads, and quite strongly at that; but, not the silver tone (I’m guessing tin? Lead? It’s definitely not silver, as confirmed with acid testing) nor copper wrapped pieces. And, to tell you the truth, I’m not so sure I really want to go digging in the holes to check the contents...the leather on this piece, in all honesty, looks like it might just very well perhaps be human...upon closer examination....</p><p><br /></p><p>I can tell you that whatever is in the holes looks to be organic, like pulp, wood pulp maybe? Almost looks like malt o meal. I will try to take a few closer images of these things I am now noticing...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vesuvia, post: 639848, member: 10906"]Hello! Thank you so much! I’ve had this piece for a year and have taken it to several places, but no one has been able to tell me much about it, beyond they did not believe it was a piece that was ever intended for export; oh!, and that it wasn’t a shamanic necklace (as was my first thought). My neodymium magnet instantly attracts the metal spacer beads, and quite strongly at that; but, not the silver tone (I’m guessing tin? Lead? It’s definitely not silver, as confirmed with acid testing) nor copper wrapped pieces. And, to tell you the truth, I’m not so sure I really want to go digging in the holes to check the contents...the leather on this piece, in all honesty, looks like it might just very well perhaps be human...upon closer examination.... I can tell you that whatever is in the holes looks to be organic, like pulp, wood pulp maybe? Almost looks like malt o meal. I will try to take a few closer images of these things I am now noticing...[/QUOTE]
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