Chinese archers used a long heavy bow with long arrows which required great strength and skill.
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Each bead is approximately .15"(3.8mm) and faceted. As with all ancient polished gem stone beads and can be seen in the images, the facets are somewhat irregular, indicative of hand work.
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This is a merchant’s seal from the great camel caravans which brought merchandise from the middle and Far East c.1200-1400 AD.
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For sale is one of those mounted ancient Egyptian carnelian beads dating to the Old Kingdom, 2682-2134.
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In the 1980’s and 90’s, we purchased ethnographic and ancient jewelry at the London auction houses, primarily Christies and Phillips.
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This is a Viking man's ring for the small finger. In Medieval times, the small finger was the ring finger for a wedding ring and this may be a wedding ring.
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This is a pendant from a woodland Indian necklace. It is from the most prestigious pipe worn by Braves, the legendary "bear claw” necklace.
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Isis was the mother God as well as many other titles which embody just about every attribute for a Goddess.
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This is a mans ring dating to the mid 1800s from the Ottoman Empire which at that time comprised a large part of the Middle east and all the way along the northern Mediterranean up to and including Greece.
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This is a mans ring dating to the mid 1800s from the Ottoman Empire which at that time comprised a large part of the Middle east and all the way along the northern Mediterranean up to and including Greece.
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This is a Gypsy mans finger ring dating to about 1800-50. It is size 9 3/4 and with a single oval violet imitation gem stone.
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This is a Gypsy mans finger ring dating to about 1800-50. It is size 9 1/2 and with a single round blue imitation gem stone.
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This is a Gypsy mans finger ring dating to about 1800-50. It is size 10 1/2 and with a single oval emerald imitation gem stone.
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This is a carved bone hair ornament of the Naga headhunters, who lived in Assam in the 18th and 19th century.
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This is a man's wedding band of the Victorian period c1860-80. It is a large size 10 3/4...
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This is a Gypsy womans finger ring dating to about 1800-50. It is size 8 and with a single round clear imitation gem stone.
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This is a Viking man’s ring C.800 AD. It is a wedding band, made of copper,
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This is a necklace, about 20” long, worn by a Naga headhunter. The Nagas live in the Himalayas, in what is now Assam, near Tibet.
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Vikings settled in Jorvik (now York, England) in 866 and in the following years, occupied about half of what is now England.
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Vikings settled in Jorvik (now York, England) in 866 and in the following years, occupied about half of what is now England.
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Vikings settled in Jorvik (now York, England) in 866 and in the following years, occupied about half of what is now England.
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Vikings settled in Jorvik (now York, England) in 866 and in the following years, occupied about half of what is now England.
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Vikings settled in Jorvik (now York, England) in 866 and in the following years, occupied about half of what is now England.
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Vikings settled in Jorvik (now York, England) in 866 and in the following years, occupied about half of what is now England.
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