I was looking at Amelia in the Lae video to see if she was wearing any jewelry that could be attributed to this bead. At first I didn't see anything.
I thought that was the end of it until I realized that the 'scarf' she has around her neck is not actually tied around her neck. It looks to be tied to a necklace.
The scarf is a light piece of material that appears to be tied around something darker and much narrower.
If you watch the scarf in the first few seconds of the video you'll see that it doesn't appear to go completely around her neck.
When I captured a few photos from the video I was able to 'sharpen' the images a bit. It still appears to be a scarf tied to a necklace. And now I'm wondering if it could have been a beaded necklace or something similar that would account for that little red bead.
My laptops's a real gimpster and can't handle graphics at all- I've got a new one on order and should have it soon. Meanwhile, I keep borrowing my husbands. The details of the scarf/necklace come out much better on his.
I know some of you are really good with graphics and I was wondering if you can pick out any more of the details.
Here are a few images, but it might help to look at the video first and see what you think.
(And best of luck to the crew on Niku! I know they're going to make some amazing discoveries!)
Lae takeoff video on
TIGHAR and on
youtubeHere are the images I captured (sorry about the quality):