All of these glass beads were found in Java and are from the Early Classical Period, 750 - 1000 C.E. They are considered to be Indo-Pacific beads. This necklace contains opaque and translucent, yellow beads, and three central combed beads and two striped beads. The three green combed beads were highly valued because of their relative rarity. Identical striped and combed beads have also been found in Afghanistan, dating from the same era.
Javanese beads of the Classical Period (750 - 1500 C.E.) seem to draw on the glass making technologies of India in the monochrome drawn glass beads. The large, extra-ordinary mosaic and combed beads seem to derive from late Persian glass techniques. These crafts were brought to Java and Sumatra by the movement of trade by Arab and Indian merchants seeking sandalwood, ebony and spices from the islands.
