Antique Agate Bracelet/ Sulemani Agate, Afghan Lapis shops and Sterling Silver Bracelet

Sulemani Agate Bracelet, with Lapis and Sterling Silver

*Sulemani Agate beads from Afghanistan; 1800-2,000 years old

* Sterling silver balls, Thailand, new

*Small Lapis Lazuli beads were cut in Afghanistan; recent - approx. 30 years old

* 180 mm in length

I collected the original beads in Afghanistan, Peshawar, Pakistan, and Bangkok Thailand. The term Sulemani was an Islamic renaming of beads already in use for magic, religious and currency purposes for thousands of years. Black/brownish beads with white stripes were used as objects of worship and in prayer malas by the Buddhists of Asia and most probably also before that, reaching back to 700 B.C.

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