Zemanek-Münster

Delicate necklace "heishi"

Dee Shiao, Apache
sold EUR 80
Provenance
collected 1962-2002
Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
Size
L: 45 cm
L: 17.7 inch

Description

silver (stamped “sterling”), five-stranded, jet, label with note: “hand-strung by Dee Shiao”

“Heishi” (from the Santo Domingo word meaning “shell”) traditionally referred to necklace shell beads. Today, however, it describes tiny, handmade beads of any material.


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