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'''Heishe''' or '''heishi''' (pronounced "hee shee") are small disc- or tube-shaped beads made of organic shells or ground and polished stones. They come from the [[Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico|Kewa Pueblo people]] (formerly Santo Domingo Pueblo) of New Mexico, before the use of metals in jewelry by that people.<ref>Sky Stone. [http://www.skystonetrading.com/heishe.asp "All about heishe"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20010218092604/http://www.skystonetrading.com/heishe.asp |date=2001-02-18 }}. Retrieved on 2008-10-07.</ref> The name is the word for [[shell bead]] in the [[Keresan language|Eastern Keresan]] language of the Santo Domingo Indians.<ref name=CWPC>{{cite book|title=Creating with Polymer Clay|author=Steven Ford|author2=Leslie Dierks|name-list-style=amp|pages=[https://archive.org/details/creatingwithpoly00ford/page/10 10]|publisher=Lark Books|year=1999|isbn=9780937274958|url=https://archive.org/details/creatingwithpoly00ford/page/10}}</ref>

The oldest specimens of heishe date back to around 6000 BCE, although the same technique was used in northern Africa 30,000 years ago, using ostrich eggshell.<ref name=CWPC />

Modern heishe beads are commonly mechanically mass-produced; however, some artists still handmake beads. The beads are hand-chipped, with holes drilled through their centers using pointed stones.<ref name=CWPC />

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[[Category:Indigenous culture of Oasisamerica]]
[[Category:Indigenous beadwork of the Americas]]
[[Category:Pueblo art]]
[[Category:Seashells in art]]

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