San O Shell Necklace

 Created in the Kalahari Desert in the shadow of Tsodilo Hills, this pretty necklace is made with hand shaped ostrich eggshell beads.  Contrasting dark seeds set off the creamy color of the shell beads

The eggshells are broken in to suitable sized pieces before hand drilling a hole in each piece. Once the pieces are drilled, the beads are strung together for the labor-intensive shaping process. Each small sead is pierced by hand using a sharpened piece of wire heated in the fire

This necklace measures 15" end to end