Genuine bone construction ensures durability and authenticity
Traditional barrel shape preserves cultural heritage
Uniform size and quality for consistent appearance
Solid beige color for versatile styling
originally produced by Native Americans from the columns of marine conch shells, early forms of elongated beads have long been in use in North America.  They were gradually replaced by glass, brass, and silver until Eastern wampum manufacturers began producing shell hair pipe from the West Indian conch sometime in the late 1700s.  Carri