Finely shaped and polished abalone shell jewelry traditional to California,

done in multi-stands are prized for their musical sound when danced.

5 Stands abalone & glass beads with leather tie, approximately 34" long.

By Melissa Leal (Chumash)

20 Stand Dentalium shell, cedar berries, abalone and glass beads. 36" long.

Melissa Leal (Chumash)

2- three stand dentalium.

Top: Blue cobalt & black glass beads approximately 29" long

Bottom: Red & back beads approximately 32" long

By Tiffany Adams (Maidu)

4 strand old style dentalium necklace

with glass beads

By Tiffany Adams (Maidu)

3 Strand abalone with glass beads

Melissa Leal (Chumash)

 Bradley Marshall (Yurok)

Cut abalone with Cobalt glass beads.

Melissa Leal (Chumash)

3 Stand Abalone.

Melissa Leal (Chumash)

3 Strand Old style dentalium shell and glass beads.

Melissa Leal (Chumash)

5 Strand Old style dentalium shell, abalone, California brown olivalla shell

and glass beads.

Melissa Leal (Chumash)

Single stand Abalone.

Melissa Leal

3 Strand Abalone shell pieces, shell disks

& glass beads

Sage LaPena

5 strand old style dentalium

with glass beads.

Melissa Leal

3 Strand Abalone beads,

clam shell disks & pine nuts.

Melissa Leal

5 Strand Dentalium shell

with glass beads.

Michael Rogers
Paiute

A resident of the Bishop Paiute Reservation in Inyo County, eastern California, Michael Rogers has been perfecting his jewelry-making art since the early 1970's. Now well recognized among the leading Native American jewelry artists working today, he has exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Santa Fe Market and in leading galleries and shows across the country. Selections of Rogers' work in sterling silver, gold, turquoise, jade, and other semi precious stones is a regular feature at PWT.