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Nazar evil-eye beads

What it is
Concentric blue-white-blue-black glass eyes (Turkish nazar boncuğu) that stare back at the envious glance. They descend from Phoenician and Roman eye beads and are hung on babies, houses, cars and animals.
Making yours
Flame-worked or furnace-wound glass. Cobalt disc, white ring, pale blue ring, black pupil. 1–20 cm.
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Glazen Turks oog, nazar bonjuk, hangend in goudkleurig hartmotiefGlazen Turks oog, nazar bonjuk, hangend in goudkleurig hartmotiefNetherlands · 2000[Dignatarios nazaríes de la Sala de los Reyes del Palacio de la Alhambra] [Material gráfico no proyectable][Dignatarios nazaríes de la Sala de los Reyes del Palacio de la Alhambra] [Material gráfico no proyectable]Spain · 1766o.T. [Nazar Boncuk]o.T. [Nazar Boncuk]GermanyIesus Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum.Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum.GermanyProtect from evil eyeProtect from evil eyeGroningenNazar Prokofjevitsj Sjirin (1904–1943), sovjetisk krigsfange. Gravminne på Aukra kirkegård.Nazar Prokofjevitsj Sjirin (1904–1943), sovjetisk krigsfange. Gravminne på Aukra kirkegård.NorwayGlass eye beadGlass eye beadca. 4th century B.C.String of 22 eyed beadsString of 22 eyed beadscirca 1295 date QS:P571,+1295-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –1186 B.C. Period: New Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 19Composite eye beadComposite eye bead5th Century B.C. to 1st Century A.D. Period: Late Period or Roman PeriodIron age beadIron age beadbetween 50 BC and 410Glass beadsGlass beads4 th century AD date QS:P571,+350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7Iron Age to Roman : BeadIron Age to Roman : Beadbetween 150 BC and 100LVPL-26BA21LVPL-26BA21between 150 BC and 100String of 27 Eye BeadsString of 27 Eye Beads6th–3rd century BC Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic PeriodAnkara, Turkey - panoramio - Robert Helvie (7)Ankara, Turkey - panoramio - Robert Helvie (7)Boncug FS 2 THWZBoncug FS 2 THWZEyebeads from Pichvnari, Batumi museumEyebeads from Pichvnari, Batumi museumNazarboncuk Turkish Apotrop eyeNazarboncuk Turkish Apotrop eyeTurecko Nazar amuletTurecko Nazar amuletCheshm-NazarCheshm-NazarCollectie NMvWereldculturen, TM-4182-69, Sticker in de vorm van hand van Fatima voor gebruik als autoamulet. Josephine Powell Collection, voor 1974Collectie NMvWereldculturen, TM-4182-69, Sticker in de vorm van hand van Fatima voor gebruik als autoamulet. Josephine Powell Collection, voor 1974Kapadokya'dan Nazar BoncuğuKapadokya'dan Nazar BoncuğuNazar-amulet in BodrumNazar-amulet in BodrumNazar amuletsNazar amuletsNazar in restaurantNazar in restaurantEvil eye treeEvil eye treeNazar Beads İn TurkeyNazar Beads İn Turkey*مصانع الزجاج في مدينة الخليل *الخرزة الزرقاء*مصانع الزجاج في مدينة الخليل *الخرزة الزرقاءDonna che prepara la Pide turcaDonna che prepara la Pide turcaIdilIdilNazar lambasıNazar lambasıRestaurant interiors in TurkeyRestaurant interiors in Turkey

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