Batiked Fossilized Palmwood Beads, Pumtek king Hand carved checkerboard pendant/necklace component

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Batiked Fossilized Palmwood Beads, Pumtek king Hand carved checkerboard pendant/necklace componentKnown as Pumtek Beads, these are vintage and some antique fossilized palm wood material batiked with many patterns and shapes from Thailand! Highly collectible and now rare. 30 inch strand plus 8 inches of string at top. Some rounds, tapered tubes and diamond shapes in the mix. One broken bead, see photo. 1 2mm hole. Variety of sizes: 12 14mm diameter round beads, 32 x 12mm tapered beads, 18mm square beads, drilled on the diagonal. A unique category