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Antique Turkoman Silver Pendant Asik Ersari Tribal Design
Antique silver Turkoman pendant called asik by the Turkoman. This plain ungilded silver with a certain cut of the gemstone is characteristic of the Ersari tribe of 1900, according to Dieter and Reinhold Schlechter, Old Silver Jewelry of the Turkoman.

There are circular tracings for decorations

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In addition to making stone tools, mankind also used stone to satisfy his more aesthetic and spiritual needs. He thus came to create body ornamentation to attract people to him and to protect himself from bad things such as disease and evil spirits.

When a person found a stone such as the ones on this string of ...

Updated 09-12-2011 at 12:05 PM by CraftsofthePast

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High tech tools 100,000 years ago reach the stage demonstrated in many chapters of the Youtube tutorial at flintknapping clovis chapter 1 - YouTube

In my collection I have many such tools; the usable core of such a tool in a different level of development is listed for sale at http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/craftsofthepast/3725917/

There is a lot to explore on the subject of the development of handmade tools and ornaments throughout human history. This ...

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