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Small
pillow-shaped etched Surin
beads, garnets, and
freshwater pearls hang from
silver chain on these
delicate earrings. Silver is
.925 grade. The earring is
1.5 inches long from the
bottom of the Sterling
silver earring
finding.Silversmiths in
Surin, northeastern Thailand
use simple tools to create
distinctive beads from pure
silver. The decorative
patterns are hand-etched
onto the surface of each
bead. This painstaking
intricate process, from the
centuries-old Khmer Angkor
kingdom , survives in only
one small community.
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