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White Mother of Pearl Shell hand carved into this intricate Kite shaped piece that is full of little rings! A very modern shape and design with a great iridescence and has a little white pearl drop - all hanging from an LMS earwire MOP - 30x50 mm Nearly 3,000 years ago the kite was first popularized, if not invented, in China, where materials ideal for kite building were readily available: silk fabric for sail material, fine, high-tensile-strength silk for flying line, and resilient bamboo for a strong, lightweight framework Stories of kites were first brought to Europe by Marco Polo towards the end of the 13th century, and kites were brought back by sailors from Japan and Malaysia in the 16th and 17th centuries Show more