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  2. Bali-og - Wikipedia

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    Bali-og, also spelled baliog, are traditional layered necklaces of various ethnic groups in the islands of Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines. They consist of chokers and necklaces with a fringe of beads and other ornaments. More than one is usually worn, layered over each other. Their elements usually consist of metal or glass beads ...

  3. Bead stringing - Wikipedia

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    Bead stringing is the putting of beads on string. A pair of beaded necklaces. It can range from simply sliding a single bead onto any thread-like medium (string, silk thread, leather thong , thin wire , multi-stranded beading wire, or a soft, flexible wire) to complex creations that have multiple strands or interwoven levels.

  4. Japamala - Wikipedia

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    A japamala, jaap maala, or simply mala ( Sanskrit: माला; mālā, meaning ' garland ' [ 1]) is a loop of prayer beads commonly used in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. It is used for counting recitations ( japa) of mantras, prayers or other sacred phrases. It is also worn to ward off evil, to count ...

  5. Etched carnelian beads - Wikipedia

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    Etched carnelian beads, or sometimes bleached carnelian beads, are a type of ancient decorative beads made from carnelian with an etched design in white, which were probably manufactured by the Indus Valley civilization during the 3rd millennium BCE. They were made according to a technique of alkaline-etching developed by the Harappans, and ...

  6. Powder glass beads - Wikipedia

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    Krobo powder glass beads, bicones. Powder glass beads are a type of necklace ornamentation. The earliest such beads were discovered during archaeological excavations at Mapungubwe in South Africa, and dated to between 970-1000 CE. Manufacturing of the powder glass beads is now concentrated in West Africa, particularly in the Ghana area.

  7. Handmade jewelry - Wikipedia

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    Handmade jewelry. A bead crochet necklace made from crochet lace, sterling silver, and freshwater pearls. Video showing how to make handmade beaded earrings. Three handmade jewelry items. Handmade jewelry/jewellery, or handcrafted jewelry/jewellery, is jewelry that has been assembled and formed by hand rather than through the use of machines.

  8. Bead weaving - Wikipedia

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    Bead weaving. Bead weaving (or beadweaving) is a set of techniques for weaving sheets and objects of seed beads. Threads are strung through and/or around the beads to hold them together. It can be done either on a loom or using one of a number of off-loom stitches.

  9. Necklace splitting problem - Wikipedia

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    The following variants of the problem have been solved in the original paper: Discrete splitting: [1] : Th 1.1 The necklace has beads. The beads come in different colors. There are beads of each color , where is a positive integer. Partition the necklace into parts (not necessarily contiguous), each of which has exactly beads of color i.