These genuine wampum shell earrings are made with raw wampum shells found on eastern coastal beaches and non tarnish rose gold artistic wire. They are combined with purple artisan Czech glass flower beads with gold accents and non tarnish artistic rose gold wire. The rose gold ear wires are hand made and have small purple Czech glass beads added as a beautiful accent. These beautiful earrings also have 6mm purple Czech rondel beads as accents.
These earrings hang 2.5 inches from ear lobe to bottom of wampum shells.
Wampum is a traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands tribes of Native Americans. It includes white shell beads hand fashioned from the North Atlantic channeled whelk shell and white and purple beads made from the quahog or Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam.