Description: This listing is individually-priced; the group pic is just to give a sense of the range of variations in each one. Nowadays, most people think a magatama is an off-center glass seed bead. But originally, the term belonged to "curved jewels" (the literal translation) like the ones here: stones carved into a comma-like shape whose significance is lost to the ages. Different sources claim it's meant as mimicry of a drop of water, a sprouting seed, a tongue of flame, or even an embryo-- maybe all of the above, for all I know. Whatever its origin, the magatama has always had a special status in Japan; even now, one of the sacred Imperial treasures is said to be a magatama necklace handed down from the sun-goddess Amaterasu. These magatama are made of green aventurine, a form of cryptocrystalline quartz. They're slightly translucent, not in the sense of being able to see shapes through them, but enough to see a bit of light seep through if held up to a source. The sizes bounce around a bit, but on the average, they're 30mm long, 15mm from front to back of the "head", and 8mm straight through the 3mm-wide drillhole, which is wide enough to string onto a leather thong or silk cord to wear as a pendant. If you use thinner cordage, I recommend threading four or five seedbeads onto it to line the drillhole, if that makes sense; they'll buffer the magatama's full weight and make it hang more smoothly, imho. I have no idea how well a chain would hold up, assuming you can feed the clasp through the hole. Please check my other listings for more pretties, and thanks for looking! ^_^ Posted with eBay Mobile
Price: 8.99 USD
Location: San Bruno, California
End Time: 2024-08-17T23:47:28.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3 USD
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