Large round purple wampum shell pendant necklace. Beautiful hues of purple on the front and white on the back. This necklace is even more stunning in person!💜 Necklace is super comfortable, solidly made on genuine dark brown round leather cord with slip knots to adjust size from long to choker style. Leather gets really soft with wear! Shells are polished to a high shine. Wampum is a traditional shell bead of the Native American tribes of the Eastern Woodlands. The beads are harvested from the shells of Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clams and are typically white and purple. Native Americans would harvest the clams in the summer and eat their contents before working on the shells. The process of creating wampum was long and hard, usually taking a full day to make just one bead. Shells would be ground or drilled down very carefully using rocks. Not only was the process difficult, but it was also somewhat dangerous, fine dust from the shaved off shells could cut up the lungs if ingested so Native Americans would often use water to limit the dust. *Natural wampum shell *Genuine leather cord *Unisex *Handmade by Stacee K. of SunFire Studio in her shop in Flagstaff, AZ This listing is for the necklace only. The earrings shown are available in a separate listing! This is the exact necklace you will receive.