Very rare glass bead, once used as primitive money. These beads are made of swirling coloured glass. (15x16) mm, 4.29 grams, complete and without restoration.

Coloured glass beads were used as money all throughout south-east Asia starting in the 600-s AD. This piece is from Western Indonesia. The picfure above are of the same bead taken from two different angles. These beads are well-known and are published (among other places) in this book - Magical ancient beads: (from the collection of Ulrich J. Beck) by Jamey D. Allen, Sumarah Adhyatman. 

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