Necklace - Indus Valley

Someone drew on stone in the Bronze Age. The lines have held.

This necklace comes from the Indus Valley peoples of what is now Pakistan or India, South Asia, and dates to the Bronze Age, 3300 to 1200 BCE. It is strung with etched agate and excavated beads. Indus bead makers were known for whitening designs onto stone, and such beads served as personal adornment and as trade goods far from home. Flat, irregular orange and smoke-gray pieces carry white circles, eyes and chevrons. A large pale bead with a crackled face sits at the center, with small gold-colored spacers between. Sixteen inches long.

Few things made to be worn have been at it this long.