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<p>[QUOTE="stracci, post: 1718578, member: 13814"]The disc-like shells are called heishi beads, and they are made of clam shells.</p><p>There is a long tradition of scrimshanding in Maui, because there were whaling ports there in the 19th century.</p><p>So the Hawaii origin story could be accurate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stracci, post: 1718578, member: 13814"]The disc-like shells are called heishi beads, and they are made of clam shells. There is a long tradition of scrimshanding in Maui, because there were whaling ports there in the 19th century. So the Hawaii origin story could be accurate.[/QUOTE]
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