At sites across Africa, our direct ancestors were
making shell beads and etching abstract designs into egg shells and minerals 80,000 years ago and more.
Not exact matches
This is a great tutorial on an easy Christmas hanging decor idea —
making a Christmas angel craft for kids with
shell, chenille stems, ribbons and
beads.
With a few of dainty
shell beads and ribbons, you can
make out a very cute mothers day charm bracelet for the upcoming Day.
Close similarities with younger
shell beads found in the same area hint that jewellery -
making skills were passed from one generation to the next, says Langley.
A variety of gifts were interred with the dead: pottery, bone and stone
beads and pendants, stone axes
made of metamorphic rocks, flint and obsidian blades,
shell pendants, and
shell and
bead necklaces.
Like the treasures found at the seashore, this necklace is
made with striped dyed howlite
beads, resin coral and genuine
shell are knotted in 2 rows of 14k gold plated...
Like the treasures found at the seashore, this necklace is
made from glass pearl
beads, resin coral and genuine
shell are knotted in 2 rows of 14k gold plated fine...
I love how elegant Rachel's
shell necklace is and I was blown away when she told me that she
made this colorful
beaded necklace herself!
Designed by Ali Mohammed rings of green colored coconut
shell hooked with an array of sese wood
beads make up the length of the necklace.
Coconut
shell and sese wood
beads in an eclectic range of colors
make up this charming necklace from Ghana.
Environmental science teacher Carolyn Stein recalls that when she mentioned in class how much she liked the mineral hematite, one student
made «a beautiful necklace of various
shell beads and hematite.
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.
What the Peers did uncover was bored
shells, pieces of human bones, bits of rope,
beads made from ostrich egg
shells, ornaments and arrow heads, which meant that the cave had been used by Strandlopers (beach walkers)-- Khoisan who spent their time combing the beach for food along the south - western African coast.
Beads made from Olivella
shells were manufactured on the Channel Islands and used as a form of currency by the Chumash.
Those living on the east end of the island mined chert from the numerous island outcroppings to
make tiny blades for drilling holes to
make the
shell disc
beads.
A male about 40 years old was interred with a Tohil Plumbate jar (the San Juan jar) and two other ceramic vessels, a carved jade face, a tubular jade
bead, two stone knives and a stone flake, a carved
shell bead, four deer antlers, and an awl
made from a deer bone, and a manatee bone.
Rina Banerjee
makes sculptures out of
beads, lamps,
shells, fabrics and other baubles to
make work that is like a feminist fantasia.
«Memory ware» refers to a folk practice in Canada, where an assortment of objects — jugs, boxes, vases, picture frames, ashtrays and other keepsakes — are decoupaged in memorabilia, tchotchkes and trinkets of sentimental and decorative value including the buttons, single earrings, broken jewelry, badges and pins, brooches, coins,
shells,
beads, pearls, tiled
made from broken tea cups and other charms.