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SKU: TC-1042
Antique Olive Opal Bead Necklace Carved Jade Pendant
$975.00Overall Length: 17″
Hand knotted olive opal bead necklace with lovely carved jade pendant. In Chinese culture jade is especially revered for its connection to immortality and spiritual balance. It is believed to promote healing, harmony, and prosperity, often used in amulets, jewelry, and ceremonial objects. Sometimes mistaken for jade, olive opal is a gemstone unto itself. It is linked to symbolic properties of hope, creativity and emotional balance. -
SKU: SC-1082
Ancient Excavated Long Bactrian Shell Necklace
$945.00Overall Length: 18″
Ancient Bactrian shell beads hold significant historical and cultural value. Excavated from settlements in Bactria (an ancient region in Central Asia, roughly present day northern Afghanistan, Southern Uzbekistan and Tajikistan). Combined with a century + old conus shell used as currency in Papua, New Guinea, this necklace is symbolic of the earliest form of adornment using shells. Pair with our Shell Collection SC-1081 for a striking look! -
SKU: SC-1081
Ancient Excavated Short Bactrian Shell Necklace
$845.00Overall Length: 17.5″
Ancient Bactrian shell beads hold significant historical and cultural value. Excavated from burial sites an settlements in Bactria (an ancient region in Central Asia, roughly present day northern Afghanistan, Southern Uzbekistan and Tajikistan), these artifacts reveal much about trade, social structure, and spiritual practices during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age. Pair with our Shell Collection SC-1082 for a striking look! -
SKU: GEM-2057
Antique Hand Carved Jade Beads and Openwork Carved Jade Pendant
$1,125.00Overall Length: 18″
Wonderful hand carved antique nephrite jade beads with carved open work jade pendant. The hourglass shape signified balance, transition or the cyclical nature of time during the ancient Shang and Zhou Dynasties (circa 3000 BCE-500 BCE). Nephrite jade was considered the most precious symbolizing purity, immortality and moral virtue. -
SKU: GEM-2054
Carved Buddha Head Jade Necklace and Jade Scroll Pendant
$995.00Overall Length: 16.5″
Charming carved jade Buddha head hand knotted necklace with Hongshan culture carved scroll jade pendant with gold vermeil artisan clasp. A favorite motif in jewelry is the Buddha head as it represents wisdom, enlightenment and serenity. Jade symbolizes purity, longevity and good fortune and is believed to absorb negative energy thereby protecting the wearer. Pair with companion necklace GEM-2053 -
SKU: GEM-2053
Carved Buddha Head Jade Necklace and Jade Axe Pendant
$1,145.00Overall Length: 17″
Charming carved jade Buddha head hand knotted necklace with Hongshan culture carved axe jade pendant with gold vermeil artisan clasp. The axe shaped jade pendants were the most famous relics found from this culture. Axes are associated with power, protection and divinity. It is also a symbol of authority, strength and used to invoke protection from deities. Serpentine gemstone has been valued since ancient times for its decorative purpose. It is named “serpentine”, linked to serpents symbolic of transformation, healing and renewal. Pair with companion necklace GEM-2054. -
SKU: GEM-2052
Variscite Gemstone Necklace Turquoise Sterling Silver Pendant
$1,560.00Overall Length: 16.5″
Variscite gemstone necklace with a Navajo natural turquoise and sterling silver pendant and clasp. Variscite is a rare and vibrant phosphate mineral prized for its striking green to bluish-green color, often mistaken for turquoise. variscite is believed to promote inner peace, emotional healing, and clarity. Turquoise is a highly valued blue-to-green phosphate gemstone known for its opaque color and distinctive veining, often used in Southwestern and Native American jewelry. Prized for centuries, it symbolizes protection, healing, and good fortune across many cultures. -
SKU: TC-1038
Olive Opal Bead Necklace Carved Jade Openwork Pendant
$1,245.00Overall Length: 17″
Hand knotted olive opal bead necklace with stunning carved openwork jade pendant and gold filled artisan clasp. In Chinese culture Jade is especially revered for its connection to immortality and spiritual balance. It is believed to promote healing, harmony, and prosperity, often used in amulets, jewelry, and ceremonial objects. Sometimes mistaken for jade, olive opal is a gemstone unto itself. It is linked to symbolic properties of hope, creativity and emotional balance. Pair with TC-1039 in our Tribal Collection. -
SKU: ELE-1053
Handmade Metal Bead Necklace with Silver
$875.00Overall Length: 17.25″
Very old handmade rare Ethiopian white metal bead necklace with stunning old solid silver handcrafted amulet, sterling silver artisan clasp. -
SKU: TAL-2011
Amethyst Necklace Antique Berber Hirz Talisman
$1,195.00Overall Length: 17″
Lovely hand knotted amethyst gemstone bead necklace with stunning antique handmade Berber high grade silver and enamel “hirz” talisman with a lapis lazuli gemstone cabochon. -
SKU: SC-1080
Handmade Naga Shell Necklace Carved Jade Axe Pendant
$1,145.00Overall Length: 17.5″
Hand knotted with contrast thread, handmade Naga shell bead necklace with a striking cranberry red jade axe pendant and artisan sterling silver security clasp. Axe shaped jade pendants were the most famous relics found in the Neolithic Hongshan culture. Axes were not only early tools, they also were associated with power, protection and divinity. -
SKU: GEM-2048
Antique Hetian Jade Pendant with Antique Jade Prayer Bead Necklace
$1,050.00Overall Length: 16.5″
Hand knotted antique jade prayer bead necklace with a stunning carved jade dragon pendant in the ancient Neolithic Hongshan style. Historically, the dragon signified the unity and balance with nature in its perceived composite of many animals. In addition, the dragon became a symbol of the emperor signifying the divine right to rule. The Chinese dragon represents cosmic harmony, cultural pride, wisdom and power. Pair this with GEM-2047 for a very powerful impact. -
SKU: GEM-2047
Antique Jade Prayer Bead Long Necklace with Buddha Focal Beads and Palm Beach Pebble Pendant
$1,250.00Overall Length: 22″
Lovely long necklace with antique handmade jade prayer beads, carved Buddha head focal beads, and a found authentic Palm Beach, Florida beach pebble. Pair this interesting necklace with GEM-2048 and you will have many compliments! Beach pebbles have a storied history having been used for tools and weapons, art, mosaics, counting stones, tokens of meditation and offerings. Beach pebbles symbolize the power of time and nature formed over centuries by water, wind and sand. -
SKU: BO-1043
Custom Lapis Lazuli Chunk Choker Necklace
$1,250.00Overall Length: 17.5″
Hand knotted custom cut lapis lazuli chunk gemstone bead necklace with sterling silver hinged safety clasp and focal beads. The stone of royalty, ancient lapis lazuli was used in art, medicine and spirituality. The gold pyrite presence in it adds further mystery in it gold flecks. Egyptians viewed lapis as more valued than gold because of its perceived protective qualities. Did you know that Renaissance painters like, Michelangelo, Titian, Vermeer used ground lapis together with oils to make their beautiful ultramarine blues? -
SKU: SC-1079-A
White Freshwater Pearl Necklace Handmade White Metal
$795.00Overall Length: 23″
Hand knotted white freshwater pearl necklace with contrast thread, fine handmade wire wrapped focal beads and handcrafted white metal amulet with concentric bands. Concentric circles often represent the “watchful eye” acting as a protective symbol that wards of evil eye and malevolent spirits. In Ethiopia concentric circles also reflect cosmic order and harmony. -
SKU: GEM-2046
Stunning Hetian Jade Axe Pendant Olive Opal Bead Necklace
$1,150.00Overall Length: 17.75″
Hand knotted olive opal bead necklace with magnificent antique carved Hetian jade pendant. Sometimes mistaken for jade, olive opal is a gemstone until itself. It is linked to symbolic properties of hope, creativity and emotional balance. It also is the October birthstone. Jade Axe shaped jade pendants were the most famous relics found in the Neolithic Hongshan culture. Axes were not only early tools, they also were associated with power, protection and divinity. -
SKU: GEM-2045
Honey Glass Lamp Work Antique Bead Necklace Jade Comb Pendant
$965.00Overall Length: 17″
Hand knotted antique handmade lampwork glass bead necklace with stunning old Hetian jade amulet in the form of a comb. In ancient Chinese culture, the comb is symbolic of order, grooming, and relationship bonding and were used as talismans for harmony, beauty and emotional clarity. Only the elite in China could afford jade and Hetian Jade is the most prized type of Nephrite jade. -
SKU: TC-1037
Olive Opal and Jade Necklace with Carved Nephrite Jade Pendant
$1,265.00Overall Length: 18.5″
Hand knotted olive opal bead necklace with stunning carved jade pendant in the Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture style. The Liangzhu people were sophisticated carvers of Nephrite jade for ceremonial and ritual use. In Chinese culture, jade is especially revered for its connection to immortality and spiritual balance. It is believed to promote healing, harmony, and prosperity, often used in amulets, jewelry, and ceremonial objects. Sometimes mistaken for jade, olive opal is a gemstone unto itself. It is linked to symbolic properties of hope, creativity and emotional balance. . -
SKU: TC-1035
Carved Hetian Jade Pendant Antique Mosaic Glass Bead Necklace
$1,195.00Overall Length: 16.5″
Hand knotted mosaic glass gourd style Venetian glass bead necklace with stunning carved Hetian jade pendant. These gorgeous beads were used both for adornment and trading goods and likely made during the 1800s by Venetian glass guild artisans. The gourd is an ancient symbol of fertility, abundance and protection. Jade represents purity, wisdom, and protection. In Chinese culture, jade is especially revered for its connection to immortality and spiritual balance. It is believed to promote healing, harmony, and prosperity, often used in amulets, jewelry, and ceremonial objects. -
SKU: SC-1078
Peacock Pearl Necklace Mother of Pearl Pendant
$1,125.00Overall Length: 18″
Hand knotted freshwater peacock pearl necklace with stunning silver encased mother of pearl cabochon and citron. The historic symbol of purity, protection and wealth, mother of pearl is believed to bring good fortune to the wearer. The lovely citrine cabochon is complemented with the antique butterscotch jade focal beads. The clasp is sterling silver. -
SKU: BO-1045
Lapis Lazuli Saucer Necklace Lapis Sterling Silver Pendant
$1,345.00Overall Length: 17″
Hand knotted lapis lazuli gemstone saucer bead necklace with handcrafted sterling silver hinged security clasp and handmade sterling focal beads. The stone of royalty, ancient lapis lazuli was used in art, medicine and spirituality. The gold pyrite presence in it adds further mystery in it gold flecks. Egyptians viewed lapis as more valued than gold because of its perceived protective qualities. Did you know that Renaissance painters like, Michelangelo, Titian, Vermeer used ground lapis together with oils to make their beautiful ultramarine blues? -
SKU: ELE-1052
Handmade Wire Wrapped Metal Beads with Stunning Maria Theresa coin Cross
$1,245.00Overall Length: 17.25″
Hand knotted rare wire wrapped handmade metal beads with two lapis lazuli banded bicone focal beads and Ethiopian cross and handmade lapis lazuli clasp. This lovely handmade, century old, unusually simple, Coptic Christian cross symbolizes the four gospels in its four arms and the axis is the unity of earth with heaven. The cross is made from a Maria Theresa thaler (coin). Maria Theresa was the only female ruler of the Hapsburg dominions coins (thaler) were sought after and trusted for their purity of silver in trade routes. -
SKU: TAL-2010
Three Necklaces In One Medicine Man Beads Jade Pendant
$1,365.00Overall Length: 17″ and 19″
Two individual hand knotted strands of “Medicine Man” handmade Venetian beads (circa 1800s) with Lovely carved Hongshan culture jade pendant. Made in Venice in centuries ago, and transported through European trade networks to Africa, these beads exuded positive energy in their simplicity and coloring and coveted for their beliefs in their medicinal attributes, and usually were worn by a tribal healer. The handcrafted tigers eye and dragon’s eye cabochon clasps are each set in sterling silver. -
SKU: SC-1044
Yak Bone Bead Necklace with Ostrich Shell Stacks and Old Conus Shell Pendant
$895.00Overall Length: 23″
Hand knotted old yak bone bead necklace with stacks of vintage ostrich shells and wonderful old conus shell pendant. Conus shells like these were used as currency in Papua New Guinea. The oldest form of adornment. Shells are important symbols of fertility, birth, death, and resurrection. The yak is highly revered in many cultures because of the life sustaining resources it provides. It is considered a sacred animal and not to be harmed. Every part of the yak is used throughout its life and death out of respect. -
SKU: SC-1054
Baroque Pearl Necklace Ostrich Shell Stacks Abalone Shell Pendant
$1,195.00Overall Length: 23″
Hand knotted Baroque fresh water pearl necklace with stacks of ostrich shell focal beads and custom large black edge abalone shell pendant. With its deep ocean connection, abalone is an ancient symbol of patience and calm and brings the wearer protection and tranquility. Pearls historically symbolize wisdom, enlightenment and serenity. The oldest form of adornment, shells are important symbols of fertility, birth, death and resurrection. -
SKU: TAL-2008
Freshwater Pearl Necklace Century Old Silver Coptic Cross
$1,265.00Overall Length: 17.25″
Lovely hand knotted freshwater Pearl and hand made mixed metal bead necklace with stunning silver Ethiopian Coptic cross and hand crafted sterling silver antique German glass clasp. This lovely handmade, century old, unusually simple, Coptic Christian cross symbolizes the four gospels in its four arms and the axis is the unity of earth with heaven. Baroque pearls became fashionable in jewelry in the 1600s because of their irregular, elaborate shapes. Vermeer’s 17th c. “The Girl with the Pearl Earring” iconic painting showcases beautiful Baroque pearls. -
SKU: ELE-1050
Hand Mixed Metal Bead Necklace With Fringed Pendant
$1,365.00Long hand forged and engraved mixed metal bead necklace with vintage Afghan coin tassel pendant and two bicone metal focal beads. Ethiopia has a rich history of craftsmanship, trade and cultural diversity. These beads were often crafted from silver, brass and copper for durability. They signified status, wealth and identity. The Afghan Tubular metal coin tassel pendant is rooted in nomadic and tribal heritage and portable wealth.
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SKU: TC-1025
Burnt Yak Bone Necklace Carved Jade Two Fish Pendant
$975.00Overall Length: 20″
Hand knotted burnt Yak bone bead necklace with hand carved jade two fish pendant. Ancient jade is revered for centuries as symbols of purity, protection and immortality. In Buddhist and Chinese tradtions two fish together signify double happiness and marital harmony, the balance of yin with yang. The handmade burnt yak bone beads were used in Nepal and Tibet also as talismans against evil. They were often used in religious rites. Buddhism reveres the use of yak bone as a sign of impermanence and reverence. -
SKU: TC-1032
Handmade Batik Wood Bead Necklace
$995.00Overall Length: 16.5″
Stunning hand crafted batik patterned wood beads with an antique ancient Hongshan culture style nephrite jade. -
SKU: TC-1031
Antique Jade Bead Necklace Carved Openwork Jade Pendant
$1,145.00Overall Length: 16.5″
Hand knotted antique jade bead necklace with lovely openwork carved jade pendant. Jade has long been valued for its beauty and symbolic significance across various cultures. In many traditions, it represents purity, wisdom, and protection. In Chinese culture, jade is especially revered for its connection to immortality and spiritual balance. It is believed to promote healing, harmony, and prosperity, often used in amulets, jewelry, and ceremonial objects.
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