Vintage Heishi Bead Necklace Shell & Turquoise Hand Strung 17" Surfer Necklace

Vintage Santo Domingo Heishi Bead Choker Necklace - Graduated shell discs in three different shades- natural opaque, nut brown and translucent natural, some with striping, are paired with turquoise discs - all symmetrically hand placed on hemp with a metal hook closure. Necklace measures 17"; photo with coins show scale of the beads. The Santo Domingo way of jewelry making lies in its honorable tradition of using each and every piece of a gemstone, rock or coral sustainably....nothing goes to waste. Nice vintage condition with patina consistent of a piece of its nature and time, estimated to be from the 70’s.