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Heishe or heishi (pronounced "hee shee") are small disc- or tube-shaped beads made of organic shells or ground and polished stones. They come from the Kewa Pueblo people (formerly Santo Domingo Pueblo) of New Mexico, before the use of metals in jewelry by that people. [ 1 ]
North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment: From Prehistory to the Present. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999: 170-171. ISBN 0-8109-3689-5. Haley, James L. Apaches: a history and culture portrait. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-8061-2978-5. Karasik, Carol. The Turquoise Trail: Native American Jewelry and Culture of the ...
Double stranded Zuni fetish necklace with eagle fetish in center, 40 total fetishes made from turquoise, jet, pipestone, serpentine, mother of pearl, spiny oyster shell. The fetishes are strung on fine sinew strung with olive shell and turquoise heshi (beads), with a hand-made sterling silver clasp and cones. The carver of this object is unknown.
Heishi may refer to: Taira clan of Japan, also known as Heishi (平氏) Heishe or heishi, disk-shaped shell, coral or turquoise beads, created by Pueblo people
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The term keshi (occasionally misspelled Keishi, apparently a confusion with "Heishi beads") was first used in Japan to refer to pearls without nuclei. Akoya pearl cultivation, which began in the 1920s in Japan , provided numerous small, most often greyish pearls as a by-product.