This Peruvian beading wire is nickel, plated with alpaca silver, an alloy of nickel, copper and zinc. It is roughly 22 gauge, 0.60 mm in metric terms.This coil weighs 100 grams (3.5 oz.) and is about 48 yards long.
This Peruvian beading wire is nickel, plated with alpaca silver, an alloy of nickel, copper and zinc. It is roughly 24 gauge, 0.50 mm in metric terms. This coil weighs 100 grams (3.5 oz.) and is about 70 yards long.
These 20 ornate bead caps were handmade by Peruvian artesanos from "alpaca silver," an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc. They have an outer diameter of about 9 mm and an inner diameter of about 6 mm. They are about 3 mm tall with 1 mm holes.
These 20 ornate bead caps were handmade by Peruvian artesanos from "alpaca silver," an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc. They have an outer diameter of about 10 mm and an inner diameter of about 7 mm. They are about 4 mm tall with 2 mm holes.
These 20 ornate bead caps were handmade by Peruvian artesanos from "alpaca silver," an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc. They have an outer diameter of about 10 mm and an inner diameter of about 7 mm. They are about 5 mm tall with 1 mm holes.
These 20 ornate bead caps were handmade by Peruvian artesanos from "alpaca silver," an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc. They have an outer diameter of about 11 mm and an inner diameter of about 9 mm. They are about 6 mm tall with 2 mm holes.
These two 12 mm circular snap-lock clasps were hand-cast in Peru from 950 sterling silver. The clasps operate by lifting a hinged bar which snaps closed over a ball on the tops of the rings. They have two moveable figure-eight loops on the sides, the lower of which have diameters of about 2 mm.
These two circular snap-lock clasps were hand-cast in Peru from 950 sterling silver. The rings have outer diameters of 9 mm with fixed loops whose inner diameter is about 3 mm. A second larger loop is loose on the rings.
These two toggle clasp sets were hand-cast in Peru from 950 sterling silver. The rings have outer diameters of 11 mm with fixed loops whose inner diameter is about 2 mm. The bars are 20 mm long with four-loop chains.
These two snap-lock 9 mm crimping clasps were hand-cast in Peru from 950 sterling silver. They operate by lifting a hinged bar which snaps closed over a ball. Two loops with 3-mm diameter crimp tubes are attached to the bottoms.
