Sterling Silver Barrel Spacer Beads, Bali Style Fleur-de-Lis / Vajra Thunderbolt Pattern, 10 ea.

These are sterling silver barrel beads handcrafted in the Balinese style.  The beads are cylinder barrel shaped, with a fleur-de-lis or vajra pattern repeated three times around each bead, and antique patina finish on the surface.  Item is priced for 10 beads. A note about the pattern:  If you know anything about the French, or if you happen to be from New Orleans or Quebecois, this symbol would be familiar to you.  As expressed historically in flags and heraldry, this symbol has been used to represent the Gauls, a Celtic ethnic group who ruled France and many other parts of Europe after the Roman empire collapse. That particular usage of the symbol was traced back to Flanders, where the river Lys flows, and upon those banks a yellow iris grows (Iris pseudacorus), which by the locals is also called the “yellow flag”.  This symbol is now associated with many parts of Europe, as the yellow flower.  However, it was also in use long before, as a symbol of the divine thunderbolt hammer, a w