Burmese Cross Geometric Pattern. Copper Alloy. Darlong Amulet Bead - West Asian 6-Eyed Ancient Bead Cord Necklace

This string of Darlong amulet beads - ancient bead cord necklace. Comprises 3 components. 1. Main Bead: Burmese temple origin geometric cross pattern, copper alloy Darlong amulet bead. Copper alloy, solid cast. The year is unknown, estimated to be from the 19th-20th century. After arriving in Taiwan, it has been cleaned to remove oxidation. The bead appears bright yellow in photos, but will oxidize and darken if not regularly polished. The alloy composition contains gold, but in a low proportion. Cinnabar was added during the smelting process. Possessing a strong magnetic field, it can suppress malevolent entities and negative energies. It serves as an excellent protective, barrier-creating, and luck-bringing amulet. It is also often used for consecration and creating protective circles. Nowadays, some use it for spiritual cultivation and meditation, or place it in home altars or vehicles to enhance feng shui and magnetic fields. It is now fixed onto a stainless steel circular base with a diameter of 2.5 cm. Due to variations in base diameter, the size of the Darlong amulet beads can vary significantly! It can be worn personally, attached to a belt, or strung onto a keychain or mobile phone charm as a lucky protective amulet. The 4 geometric patterns on the Darlong amulet bead cannot be found on Chinese Douyin. There is no information on Google either. Even after finding numerous websites of Burmese collectors on Facebook, only artifacts like Buddha statues, wooden beads, ancient beads, jewelry, and opium weights were present. Within the vast array of Burmese collector websites, absolutely no information about Darlong amulet beads could be found. It appears Darlong amulet beads are exceptionally unique and rare. Currently, only three theories have been gathered from Taiwanese industry peers, for your reference. Theory 1: A dealer from Northern Taiwan refers to it as a Mercury charm. Theory 2: According to the antique dealer who sells Darlong amulet beads, these represent celestial astrological patterns of the cosmos, such as the sun and moon. Theory 3: A dealer from Central Taiwan has researched and inferred that: These are likely the initial letters of an ancient Burmese script from antiquity, holding particularly special and profound meanings. The above three theories are provided for collectors' reference only. 2. Large Darlong amulet beads (4 pieces) from a collapsed pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar. Dating is based on accompanying artifacts unearthed with the pagoda. The year is estimated to be from the 18th-19th century. These are Darlong amulet beads in the form of rosary beads with drilled holes. Made of copper alloy containing gold, though the proportion is not high. They have been cleaned to remove oxidation. The beads appear bright yellow in photos, but will oxidize and darken if not regularly polished. The largest beads have an average diameter of between 1.1-1.2 cm. This type of rosary bead Darlong amulet typically formed a string of 108 beads within the pagoda. Due to the humid pagoda environment, the original cords have decomposed and broken. 3. Six-eyed pattern ancient beads (2 pieces). Classified under the West Asian bead category (Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc.). The condition is not pristine, exhibiting characteristics of burial, such as dehydration, calcification, chipping, fracture lines, and agate iridescence.