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2. Native American jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Fetishes are carved from turquoise, amber, shell, or onyx. Today, Zuni bird fetishes are often set with heishe beads in multi-strand necklaces. [63] Lanyade became the first Zuni silversmith in 1872. [44] Kineshde, a Zuni smith of the late 1890s, is credited for first combining silver and turquoise in his jewelry. [64]

3. Opal - Wikipedia

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   Opals too thin to produce a "natural" opal may be combined with other materials to form "composite" gems. An opal doublet consists of a relatively thin layer of precious opal, backed by a layer of dark-colored material, most commonly ironstone, dark or black common opal (potch), onyx, or obsidian. The darker backing emphasizes the play of color ...

4. Trade beads - Wikipedia

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   Trade beads from ca. 1740, found in a Wichita village site in present-day Oklahoma Nineteenth-century European trade beads found in Alaska Chugach woven spruce-root hat. Trade beads are beads that were used as a medium of barter within and amongst communities. They are considered to be one of the earliest forms of trade between members of the ...

5. Misbaha - Wikipedia

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   A misbaḥah is a tool that is used as an aid to perform dhikr, including the names of God in Islam, and after regular prayer. [1] It is often made of wooden or plastic beads, but also of olive seeds, ivory, pearls, and semi-precious stones such as carnelian, onyx, and amber.

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7. Dzi bead - Wikipedia

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   The bead is considered to provide positive spiritual benefits to the wearer. These beads are generally prized as protective amulets and are sometimes grounded and used in traditional Tibetan medicine. Beads subjected to this process shows small "dig marks" where a portion of the bead would have been scraped or ground away to be used in medicine.