Shell Beads

There are different types of Beads made from Shell. Our scintillating collection of Shell Beads give a very ethnic and aesthetic look to the wearer. These shell beads could be hand-strung to make beautiful necklaces. Shell beads are the most important beads in American history. Heishi originally meant "shell" and soon came to refer to tiny shell beads like white ones, which were made by hand around 1920 in a long Pueblo. Narragansett called the white shell beads. There are also many other shell beads like purple shell beads etc.