Sentences with phrase «as shell beads»

The ancient finds, referred to as shell beads by Abdeljalil Bouzouggar of the National Institute of Archaeological and Historical Sciences in Rabat, Morocco, and his coworkers, come from snails of the same genus as do 75,000 - year - old perforated shells previously discovered in South Africa.

Not exact matches

At Copan, to the south, for example, fifth - century mourners dressed their dead queen in burial garments shimmering with precious greenstone beads, shell ornaments and feathered bird heads, and they laid her to rest on a massive carved funerary slab in what is known today as the Margarita Tomb.

This tradition includes bone awls and sophisticated stone spear points and knives, as well as beads from jewelry: sixty - eight specimens of the southern African tick shell, Nassarius kraussianus, most found clustered together and thought to be part of individual necklaces or bracelets.

He adds that the shell beads come from a time when overall cultural innovation among early humans appears to have been speeding up, as evidenced by the short - lived nature of the Still Bay itself, which was soon replaced with other stone and bone tool styles.

At another site in South Africa called Blombos Cave archaeologist Christopher Henshilwood of the University of Bergen in Norway has recovered shell beads and engraved pieces of iron oxide as well as tools wrought from bone, dating back to 71,000 years ago.

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These fresh designs have striking dabka, tilla, and kora embroideries; and beads, sequins, mirrors, shells, brass nails, ribbons, mukesh and velvet decorations as well which bring out their ethnic beauty in a chic way.

Many of these islanders mined extensive chert deposits for making tools and produced «shell - bead money,» used as a major trade item by tribes throughout California.

Beads made from Olivella shells were manufactured on the Channel Islands and used as a form of currency by the Chumash.

Leaders and rulers wore items such as jade necklaces, ear flares, shells, pearls, beads, rings, and other valuable accessories.

Named for a genre of North American folk art in which everyday utilitarian objects such as vases are coated with a claylike substance and then embedded with small objects including shells, beads and buttons, Kelley's Memory Ware series consists both of wall - hung works (known as Memory Ware Flats) and freestanding pieces.

She transformed the surface of the canvas with various materials, such as fabrics, mirrors, beads, shells, plastic buttons, etc., which she combined with pure colours.

She then began an almost magical process of transforming the surface of her paintings with materials, such as traditional cloth, shells, buttons, beads, mirrors and other objects.

My work often includes mixed media objects, such as fibers, beads, shells and found objects.