Ni`ihau shells are the real Hawaiian heirloom jewelry from old Hawaii. These beautiful pieces of art are the only seashell in the world you can insure! Tiny, precious shells (kahelelani, momi and laiki shells) are painstakingly pierced and strung together. Tiny rare pink, white and yellow Laiki, Kehelelani and Momi seashells wash up on Niihau beaches two or three times a year. The most perfect are tied into intricate necklaces by the island women “and these multistranded shell leis become heirlooms in Hawaiian families. The Smithsonian Institution declared the production of the leis a dying craft and many are now museum pieces. You can, if you search, find Niihau shell leis for sale on any of the islands; Kauai, since it's only seventeen miles away, is your best bet. But be prepared to pay handsomely“the best of the leis fetch four figures.
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