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heishi beads come in a wide variety of types, and are mostly made from various shells indigenous to the US coastal regions. They also made heishi beads out of coral and turquoise, though that may have come later.
Ilitub shell are white (and were used by the natives long ago), they also used a coveted purple shell that was so highly prized it was used for money. One tribe used the term wampum to refer to shell bead money. I think it was some kind of cockle shell in the old days, now we use the Cebu Beauty shell to get that color. Now days you can get a wide variety of shell types, colors and thicknesses of beads in heishi bead style. Even semi-precious gems, and coconut shell are carved to look like heishi beads now days.
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