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Heishi

Heishi Shell, Turquoise, Coral, Jet, & Silver Necklace. Mary Coriz Lovato, Santo Doimingo Pueblo. Photo Courtesy of the Smithsonian.
Heishi Shell, Turquoise, Coral, Jet, & Silver Necklace. Mary Coriz Lovato, Santo Doimingo Pueblo. Photo Courtesy of the Smithsonian.

Heishi jewelry is created by Santo Domingo and San Felipe Pueblo Indians from New Mexico in the southwest of the USA. They are crafted from stringing precisely shaped shell and hard stone beads in which a tight-fitting hole is drilled.

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