This necklace is made from little pieces of coconut shell and bamboo. It was given to me as a gift in Fiji when I arrived at the airport in 2008. It is a "welcoming" gift from the local people who ...
The most highly studied beads include those from the Royal Tombs of Sumerian Ur dated 2500 BCE (Tait 1986, Rogers 1940, Brosh 1991). Prior to this era seashell beads (Cowie shells for example) ...