Cowrie Shell and Bone Bead 16 inch Long Strand.

These beads are perfect for hand crafting your own jewelry. This strand features plenty of natural character with genuine cowrie shells, white metal silver tone disc beads, and hand etched beads of genuine bone. The shells and bone beads have been strung on this strand in an artful alternating fashion making it fast and easy to create your own jewelry. This is great for creating chokers, tennis bracelets, anklets or whatever you dream of. The possibilities are as endless as your imagination. This strand is approximately 16" long. AS NECKLACES, SUGGESTED RETAIL: $4.95 TO $9.95 EACH, MAKING THIS ONE HELLOFA DEAL.

Beads were among the first things Pioneer Smiths made, beating them from old coins. At the turn of the century beads were a symbol of fashion and status, which continues today. How could we ever live without our accessories? It's the little things in life that sometimes give us the most pleasure. Man, from the earliest times, has considered the adornment of his person to be as necessary as food and shelter.