Old Nepal DSI Agate Bead Pendant a.)

…beautiful collection and accent piece

Old Nepal DSI Agate Bead Pendant a.), a beautiful collection and accent piece ready for your cord or chain.

A DZI bead (Tibetan: pronounced "zee"; alternative spelling: gzi) a type of agate bead of uncertain origin found in the Himalayan regions including Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and Ladakh.

Traditionally they are worn as part of a traditional Tibetan necklace. In traditional Tibetan necklaces, DZI beads are usually flanked with coral. Sometimes they are also worn with amber and turquoise beads.

The bead is considered to provide positive spiritual benefits to the wearer. These beads are generally prized as protective amulets and are sometimes ground and used in traditional Tibetan medicine. Beads subjected to this process shows small "dig marks" where a portion of the bead would have been scraped or ground away to be used in medicine. Some DZI beads also exhibit grinding and polishing for being used as a burnishing tool in the application of gold leaf on thangka paintings or gilded bronze statuary.

The most highly prized DZI beads are the ancient "pure DZI". The original source of these beads currently remains a mystery. While the ancient "pure DZI" beads and "Chung DZI" beads are greatly valued, new modern-made DZI beads are also gaining popularity among Tibetans as an affordable and more easily obtainable alternative.

Please see detail photos which form part of the description…  BDR/JEW/BOX

The measurements are 

Size: 8 cm Long X 1.8 cm Diameter

Please email me with any questions

NOTE

Many of the items for sale at Jim?s International Bazaar were collected by Jim on his around the world adventures as an author, photojournalist, and photographer.  They include Turkish rugs, copper and brass, and artifacts from China, New Guinea, Africa, and South America.  These things are from his privet collection, none were bought for the purpose of reselling but rather to decorate his home.   Many new items will be listed as they are unpacked from storage along with a wonderful collection of photographic prints including many wildlife photos and prints of tigers photographed in China.

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

James Anderson

is an internationally renowned photojournalist and adventurer, with two major photographic books (New Guinea & Cannibal), plus covers and major spreads in a whole host of internationally prestigious magazines from Life International to The Geographic and Argosy.

He's been shipwrecked in the Pacific, wrestled camels in Turkey, and scoured the New Guinea Highlands in search of missing American heir and adventurer Michael Rockefeller.  He has also lived and worked in the jungles of New Guinea for over two years while collecting material for his books and records.

A blue-water yachtsman, he sailed his own 60ft yacht, the "Moana Vahine", from Hong Kong to Southern Turkey, down the South China Sea, across the Indian Ocean, and up the full length of the Red Sea, via Singapore, Penang, Sri lanki, The Maldive Islands, and French Djibouti. An avid diver and spear fisherman, he mounted a series of diving expeditions in The Maldive Islands and The Red Sea.

In addition to several years in New Guinea, he has organized and/or participated in photographic expeditions in Kenya and Tanzania, in Brazil and Columbia, in Turkey and some of the more remote islands of the south pacific. "On board the forty-foot ketch, the "Marquesa", we were the first yacht to visit the remote island of Ua Pou, in the Marquesas in almost two years.