They're from Peru. They're ceramic. They're hand painted. Drilled back to belly. Roughly 1.25 inches long, .5 inches wide. PCB = Peruvian Ceramic Beads. These are food if you are Inuit or Japanese. Some of the PCB holes will take a 2mm cord, some just close to a 2mm cord. Sold in units of 5 so to buy 10 choose 2 units, to buy 100 choose 20 units. The supplier to The Universe for this item, JP Imported, has called it quits so as of 9/17/20 I may be selling the last of what is available to me.