{"id":10,"date":"2024-07-18T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T06:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/?p=10"},"modified":"2024-07-31T20:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T20:17:40","slug":"black-pearls-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/?p=10","title":{"rendered":"Black Pearls Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114215-scaled.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4160\" data-original-width=\"3120\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114215-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114346-scaled.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4160\" data-original-width=\"3120\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114346-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">I stopped in to the Pearl Museum in Papeete. Though small, it was quite interesting and I did learn some new things I didn&#8217;t know before about pearls.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114235-scaled.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3120\" data-original-width=\"4160\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114235-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>The highest quality pearls cost over $1000<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>One is that the oysters can have multiple pearl sites in a single oyster. I thought there could only be one.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114527-scaled.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3120\" data-original-width=\"4160\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114527-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Oyster with <b>7<\/b> pearl sites!<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114200-scaled.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4160\" data-original-width=\"3120\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114200-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Bikini made from 472 black pearls<br \/><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Marco Polo journeyed to the East in 1290 he met the King of Malabar.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #f6f5f1; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Futura PT&quot;;\">The king adorned himself with a magnificent necklace, strung with 104 white pearls, each a marvelous testament to the kingdom\u2019s wealth and the seas\u2019 bounty. But the pearls did not merely grace his royal neck. They cascaded down to his feet, materializing as intricately designed ankle bracelets and even toe rings, each piece reflecting a meticulous artistry and unmatched affluence. [1]<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Futura PT;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #f6f5f1; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Futura PT&quot;;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114400-scaled.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4160\" data-original-width=\"3120\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240717_114400-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"background-color: #f6f5f1; color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Futura PT&quot;;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">[1]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwan.com\/blog\/the-king-of-malabar\">Description of the King of Malabar<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stopped in to the Pearl Museum in Papeete. Though small, it was quite interesting and I did learn some new things I didn&#8217;t know before about pearls.&nbsp;&nbsp; The highest quality pearls cost over $1000 One is that the oysters can have multiple pearl sites in a single oyster. I thought there could only be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17,"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/17"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.killerwhalephotography.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}