Nalda Searles, Puabi gift to Sigmund, 2013, beads (strand one, small lapis lazili holed stones; strand two, old African carnelian from Mali and a single roman glass bead from Afghanistan circa 900AD; strand three, ceramic beads made by Eileen Keys (dec) and glazed with crushed Australian minerals; strand four, stones with natural holes collected in desert riverbeds in Western Australia, photo: Bewley Shaylor