VTG HEISHI SHELL DISK 34\" NECKLACE NATURAL GRAYS BROWNS TANS BLK ETC HANDCRAFTED
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VTG HEISHI SHELL DISK 34\" NECKLACE NATURAL GRAYS BROWNS TANS BLK ETC HANDCRAFTED:
$125.00
VINTAGE HEISHE OR HEISHI SHELL NECKLACE. 34 INCHES LONG WHEN LAID OUT ON A FLAT SURFACE. WITH AN APPROX. 15 INCH DROP WHEN WORN. MADE OF 100s OF HAND WORKED SHELL DISKS. THE DISKS ARE APPROX 10mm IN DIAMETER AND VARY GREATLY IN THICKNESS. NATURAL COLORS OF SHELL, IN EVERY SHADE POSSIBLE OF GRAY, TAN, BROWN, BLACK, AMBER, BITS OF RED, AND AN ALMOST WHITE, TO MAKE FOR A VERY HARMONIOUS WHOLE. EVERY 2 INCHES THERE IS A METAL DISK SPACER WITH COG LIKE CUTS THAT ADDS SOME LITTLE GLIMMERS OF SILVER COLOR TO THE PIECE. THERE IS ADDITIONAL LENGTH ADDED BY THE CHAIN AND THE BARREL CLASP. I DONT KNOW THE TRUE AGE OF THE NECKLACE, FIRST BECAUSE IT WAS HAND NOT MACHINE WORKED, WHICH IS EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING WORK, RARELY SEEN IN THE LAST 70 YEARS. SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN RESTRUNG IN THE 1970s, ( WHEN THESE NECKLACES WERE IN GREAT DEMAND, AS THEY ARE AGAIN ) WITH A NEW CLASP ADDED AS WELL AS THE MODERN SPACERS. THE NECKLACE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, TIGHTLY STRUNG, WITH A FAIL SAFE CLASP.ALL THE DISCS OF SHELL ARE INTACT, BUT FOR ONE VERY THIN PIECE NEAR TO ONE OF THE ENDS.IT IS PARTIALLY CRACKED OFF BUT STILL ATTACHED AND HARDLY NOTICEABLE. BEING SUCH A VERY THIN DISC. A BIT OF HISTORY AND THEN....THE STYLE OF NECKLACE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE AMERICAS BY THE SANTO DOMINGO TRIBAL PEOPLE OF NEW MEXICO, WITH ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE STYLE GOING BACK 6000 YEARS. A FINE PIECE, WHAT EVER ITS AGE. TRADITIONALLY MADE WITH A BIT OF ADDED 70s PIZZAZ.
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VTG HEISHI SHELL DISK 34\" NECKLACE NATURAL GRAYS BROWNS TANS BLK ETC HANDCRAFTED:
$125.00