The materials found in HLB Jewelry may include:

• antiques and artifacts from Southeast Asia
• hand-crafted antique conch shell from Nagaland, India
• beads of stone, glass, bone and metal from Africa
• turquoise from the Southwest, Mexico and China
• silver from Bali, Turkey, Germany, India & Thai hilltribes
• brass from India and Nepal
• amber from the Baltic Sea regions
• lapis lazuli from Afghanistan
• shell, seeds and wood from Indonesia & Latin America
• beautiful gemstones from all around the world

 

About the Tibetan beads and pendants:

The character and beauty of the older beads cannot be replicated. We are pleased to offer antique beads of Amber, Carnelian and Naga shell.

Most of these beads are over 200 years old, and are very rare, so limited quantities are available. Amber is a pre-historic material that was once liquid tree sap now solidified. It is fifty million years old, and the beads were carved well over two hundred years ago, The Naga shell beads were traded to Tibet well over 100 years ago.... Carnelian is no longer being mined in Tibet. It is also at least 100 years old.

Unfortunately, these beads are no longer being worn in their country of origin except in very remote villages, as more and more people dispense with traditional dress and decoration in favor of modern, Western attire.

It is due to the changing times that these pieces have become available to us now. Each piece is a wonderful find and something to be treasured for the ages..