Heishi Beads
Heishi are thin disk or short tube beads drilled through the center, and strung face to face they stack into a smooth, flexible line that drapes like a cord of stone. The name is a Keres word for shell bead, from the Pueblo tradition of New Mexico, but is now used to describe this shape. Canadian green jade, tiger's eye, peridot, lapis lazuli, labradorite, chevron amethyst and dalmatian jasper come cut this way, alongside copper and white metal heishi for spacing.
