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Plate VA Islamic Beadmaking: Beads from Islamic Central Asia. The bead at top right was made in Bokhara, U.S.S.R., around the turn of the century. The one at top left is· presently being exported from Uzbekistan, U.S.S.R. The three at the bottom were made in Herat, Afghanistan, ca. 1978. The longest bead is 3 cm long (photo by P. Francis, Jr.). Plate VB Islamic Beadmaking: Beads made in Gorece, Turkey, ca. 1979. The small Plate VC Islamic Beadmaking: Beads made in Hebron early in the 20th century. This card was collected in the 1920s. Note that both the Plate VD Islamic Beadmaking: Mongur and harish beads made in Hebron in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The three beads on the far right of each row come from the Sudan where they are today known as
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