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SEA-BEAN JEWELRY

Sea-beans, especially polished ones, are highly desirable as articles of adornment in the form of sea-bean jewelry. See below for a couple pieces of jewelry-related items constructed from sea-beans. For contemporary jewelry and other sea-bean items for sale, see: Examples For Sale!

The lockets pictured below are made from Seahearts, Entada gigas.
  


The Coco-de-Mer or "Double Coconut"

(A) opened fruit (B) finished jewelry boxes

Note the polished nature, the hinges, and cut lines of the beans in the image on the right.
Coco-de-Mer images taken from: Gunn & Dennis, 1976;
The World Guide to Tropical Drift Seeds and Fruits


Links

Links to the Ruth Smith Collection & other Botanical Bead Collections

Botanical Beads of the World - by Ruth Smith Bontanical Jewelry at Kew Explore the World from Home with Botanical Beads - article on Ruth Smith and her collection, by Susan Belsinger in The Herb Companion