Significance of Beaded Edges/Borders on South Indian Weapons?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Jim, are you sure it was only due to Arabian trade?

No, surely there were others, but I think of the trade between India's western coasts and the Muscat traders in terms of possible shared influences in decoration as described in Ibrahiims Omani items. It does seem that these trade networks far predated the periods we are discussing, and those details I am not sure of at this point without further research.