Beads come in many different shapes and colors. The beads, called heishi, featured on this necklace are made out of coconut shell.
To make the coconut shell into beads, a hole was drilled using a pump drill like the one below:
The individual pieces were then strung together and shaped with stones, sand, and other tools to make the beads uniform. These tools could also be modified to create the detailed lines that can be seen on the Thunderbird focal piece!
