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Plateau dentalium choker and bracelet, from Nez Perce National Historical Park, 19th century, made using Antalis pretiosa shells. The word dentalium, as commonly used by Native American artists and anthropologists, refers to tooth shells or tusk shells used in indigenous jewelry, adornment, and commerce in western Canada and the United States.
The collection was reported to have 360 jewelry items, miniature boxes and timepieces. After her husband died in 1877 she continued to collect. She documented each purchase carefully, so for example in one of her booklets between notes for the cost of washing and butter there is mention of a brooch and earring set from Tiger teeth. [1]
Tiger tail cannot be fashioned into a knot in order to end a sequence of beads as other kinds of thread can, [5] therefore crimp beads are often used for this purpose instead. [6] Crimp beads are also used as spacers between other beads strung on tiger tail. [7] Among the types of wire used for bead stringing, tiger tail is the most common. [8]
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The meaning of the Tibetan word "dzi" [གཟི།] translates to "shine, brightness, clearness, splendor". In mainland China and Taiwan they are widely known by the name "天珠, tīan zhū", which is given by Taiwanese collectors and means "heaven's bead" in Mandarin Chinese.
Wood Carvings of human beings, hornbill, mithun head, elephants, tiger and other animals which are displayed at the entrance of the village gates or front doors or porch of the houses. [8] Traditional Ornaments worn by both men and women specially during festive occasions, including necklaces, earrings, armlets and bracelets and headgears etc ...
Perry, who wrote and directed the new movie “The Six Triple Eight,” said on TODAY on Dec. 16 that he wears his late mother’s necklace that has a deep connection to him and siblings.
Shell jewelry is jewelry that is primarily made from seashells, the shells of marine mollusks. Shell jewelry is a type of shellcraft . One very common form of shell jewelry is necklaces that are composed of large numbers of beads , where each individual bead is the whole (but often drilled) shell of a small sea snail .