They allowed weaving of beads by raising every other thread and inserting strung beads in the shed, the space between the lowered and raised threads.

The aggregate of strung beads creates the impression of a conch shell, an impression that for me alternated with the image of the heart.

Six 3- and 4-year-olds sat at their desks and strung beads.

They wove bags, sandals, belts out of yucca plants and leaves - and strung beads.

His arms were curled around the bushel-sized pile of strung beads resting on his lap.

Both Apache men and women have traditionally worn a variety of jewelry, including earrings and bracelets with strung beads of shell and turquoise.

Stars hung like strung beads of red and black against the dull gold background, the five sections framed by Han pictograms.

Trading in red ochre is attested in Swaziland, shell jewellery in the form of strung beads also dates back to this period, and had the basic attributes needed of commodity money.

Is this what it feels like to be drunk, Donal, giddy and feeling as if all my joints were made of strung beads like the dolls the old women sell in the markets of Caer Donn?

An improvement on this method uses 16 beads of four different colors but with the same size and shape (i.e., indistinguishable by touch), strung beads being much more portable than marbles.