heishe
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variously said to be from a word for "white shell",[1] "shell",[2] or "shell bead"[3] in Eastern Keres [Term?].
Noun
[edit]heishe pl (plural only)
- Small disc- or tube-shaped beads made from shells or stones, primarily associated with the Kewa Pueblo.
References
[edit]- ^ Theodore R. Frisbie (1974) “Hishi as Money in the Puebloan Southwest”, in Theodore R. Frisbie, editor, Collected Papers in Honor of Florence Hawley Ellis, Norman: Hooper Publishing Company, published 1975, →LCCN, page 123: “Hishi is a Kersan word meaning, "white shell." Interestingly, it also referes to a ruin occupied by people ancestral to San Felipe Pueblo (Benedict 1931: 186-187).” The citation for the book referenced is Ruth Benedict (1931) “VI. True Stories”, in Tales of the Cochiti Indians (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Americcan Ethnology Bulletin; 98)[1], Washington D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office, page 186: “At Kubéro (Pojoaque) the Tewa were living (who afterwards went to Hopi). They came down against White Shell Pueblo (Hishi; old site of San Felipe) and overcame the people and destroyed the pueblo.”
- ^ Paula A. Baxter, Allison Bird-Romero (2000) “heishi, hesche, hieschi, hishi”, in Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelery[2], The Oryx Press, →ISBN, page 69: “In Keresan (one of the Pueblo languages), "heishi" is the word for "shell."”
- ^ Steven Ford, Leslie Dierks (1996) “Introduction”, in Creating with Polymer Clay[3], Lark Books, →ISBN, page 10: “The heishi technique is an ancient method popular among many cultures for making disk-shaped beads, primarily from shells. The word comes from a Pueblo Indian word for shell bead […]”