Description
Dorene Calabaza, a Santo Domingo Pueblo artisan in New Mexico, creates this multicolored heishi bead necklace in traditional landscape hues of green, coral, tan, turquoise, ivory, and black. Heishi are small cylindrical beads made from shells that, centuries ago, Pueblo Indians obtained in trade from the Gulf of California. The color sequence will vary in each one-of-a-kind necklace.
This jewelry item comes packaged in a white box (pictured).
Museum Story
The National Museum of the American Indian cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego.
Details
- Heishi beads
- 18"L
- Lobster claw clasp
- Handmade in the USA
