ornament, arm

: Armlet made of shells, colour beads and fibre. The body of armlet is comprised of a finely woven/plaited fibre (hibiscus?) band with four evenly spaced extended elements. At the bottom of each of the four extensions are attached colourful beaded strings with shells at the ends – two extensions each have two beaded strings with two shells at the end and the other two extensions each have three beaded strings three large shells at the end. The exterior of the armlet band is decorated with cowrie shells which have been hand-sewn on with white nylon. The leads and larger shells are threaded with clear coloured nylon.