Heishi and Tyre Shape Beads
Today, Heishi is more known as small tube-like beads and can be made from any material like wood or gemstones, but its history stems from shell beads found in the Gulf of California. They were traded by the Santo Domingo Native Americans in exchange for shells or goods.
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Wampum Shell 10mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Sea shells are one of our most ancient decorations. Our prehistoric ancestors used to string them into necklaces or hang them from cords as pendant...
View full detailsTroca Shell 6mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Sea shells are one of our most ancient decorations. Our prehistoric ancestors used to string them into necklaces or hang them from cords as pendant...
View full detailsPectan Shell 6mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Sea shells are one of our most ancient decorations. Our prehistoric ancestors used to string them into necklaces or hang them from cords as pendant...
View full detailsTroca Shell 8mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Sea shells are one of our most ancient decorations. Our prehistoric ancestors used to string them into necklaces or hang them from cords as pendant...
View full detailsHammer Shell 5mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Sea shells are one of our most ancient decorations. Our prehistoric ancestors used to string them into necklaces or hang them from cords as pendant...
View full detailsBrown Lip Shell 5mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Sea shells are one of our most ancient decorations. Our prehistoric ancestors used to string them into necklaces or hang them from cords as pendant...
View full detailsWampum Shell 6mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Wampum Shell 8mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Kingman Turquoise 3-6mm Heishi Graduated - 15-16 Inch
Turquoise is an ancient gemstone, one of the first known to man. Known to Egyptian and Aztec cultures thousands of years ago, Turquoise is now mine...
View full detailsSleeping Beauty Turquoise 3mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Dakota Stones’ Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is from the Sleeping Beauty mine in Globe, Arizona — famous for the outstanding robin’s egg blue color and...
View full detailsElisa Turquoise 4-8mm Graduated Heishi - 15-16 Inch
This turquoise is mined from the Sonora mines in Mexico. Like all other natural turquoise, its coloring is the result of the chemical reaction that...
View full detailsPurple Oyster Shell 5mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Sunstone 8mm Rough Heishi - Limited Editions - 15-16 inch
Sunstone, a variety of Feldspar, is aptly named for its shades of gold, orange, red and brown, as well as its iridescent sparkle. As the stone catc...
View full detailsSunstone 10mm Rough Heishi - Limited Editions - 15-16 inch
Sunstone, a variety of Feldspar, is aptly named for its shades of gold, orange, red and brown, as well as its iridescent sparkle. As the stone catc...
View full detailsElisa Turquoise 3x5mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
This turquoise is mined from the Sonora mines in Mexico. Like all other natural turquoise, its coloring is the result of the chemical reaction that...
View full detailsBrazilian Amazonite 12x7mm Free Form Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...
View full detailsPrehnite Free Form 9x7mm Heishi - 15-16 Inch
Prehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South...
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