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Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork
Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork

Meiji 95 Japanese Ojime Beads Carved Porcelain Laquer Amber Double Mask Cork

$ 844.8

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

Meiji Period Ojime Beads
String of 95 beads
Agate, Amber, Cork, Carved, Wooden Laquer Swirl, Double Mask, Glass
Elephant shaped, Vase shaped
Can be worn as a necklace or hung on a wall as decoration or split up for making new jewelry.
I found this in one of 26 steamer trunks that I inherited from my mother in law.
George Shima was my mother in laws father(google him it is interesting )arrived in San Francisco in 1887 and went back to Japan in 1900 for his wedding to Shimeko Shimemura and she brought it with her to the USA.
She graduated from the University of Nagasaki in 1897 and worked as teacher in a mission school for girls before her marriage.
I have seen single Ojime beads sell for 0.00 the agate and  0.00 for the amber, the Woden swirl/Laquer for $ 112.00, this strand has five beads of each of these and 80 more of  between .00-.00 each.If you have the time and patience you could more than double your money.
If you are crafty you could make many smaller necklaces adding newer beads that match or add interest.