Délicat collier "heishi" ·  Dee Shiao, Apache · ID: 3045868

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.