Womans white clam shell bead stretch bracelet

Woman's 10mm white clam shell beads mixed with dyed Jade.

White clam shell beads is a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Indigenous peoples. It includes the white shell beads fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell, and the white and purple beads made from the quahog or Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam.