Indus Valley Necklace

Red beads with white lines, small gold spacers, and the patience of a few thousand years.

This necklace is Indus Valley, from Pakistan or India, South Asia, and is dated to 3300 – 1200 BCE, the Bronze Age. It is etched agate and gold. Indus Valley bead makers are widely credited with perfecting the technique of etching carnelian and agate with white designs, and their beads traveled as far as Mesopotamia. The strand here is made of rounded and barrel-shaped beads in orange-red and brick, many marked with white rings, bands and eye-like lines. A few small gold beads sit among them near the center. The sizes graduate gently toward the front.

Old trade goods, still holding their color.