Thank you so much for your nice reply. Yes I held such stuff often in my hands. I remember even one of such wsh-collars with ends made as falcon-heads from fayence ( a special blue ceramic). It was amazing. But can you imagine how difficult it is, to restore such a collar? (The beads are mosten found without the ropes and you pick up the single beads from the tomb! :D )
Unfortunately I cannot give you a picture of this objects since they are not published yet. But here is another, comparable example, with falcon heads from gold:
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That is a pretty impressive peace!
I like it a lot. Thanks for showing.
And yes, I cannot imagine to put all the little bits together - but wait! I can:) It reminds me on my origami obsession couple of years ago when I folded tiny paper peaces into a certain shape and then stacked them together so a 3D-form came up. I tried a dragon but failed after I got to impatient within the process because the thing always fell apart. But of course I did not dig in a tomb and had to find the parts first:)