| has gloss | eng: Puka shells originally consisted of naturally-occurring bead-like objects which could be found on some beaches in Hawaii. These were beachworn pieces of cone snail shells, a kind of seashell. Puka is the Hawaiian word for "hole" and refers to the naturally-occurring hole in the middle of these rounded shell fragments. Numerous inexpensive imitations are now widely sold however, the majority of which are not made from cone shells. Some that are still made from cone shells have been worked by hand instead of being formed entirely by natural processes. |
