Black cloth dress with shell beads attached

In the past shells were used like money in many tribes around Pacific ocean !

That's right!

This is really amazing!

I think so, too!

Wow, looks good! But it must have been a bit uncomfortable to wear.

Thanks, Gudrun! Maybe, but that probably didn't matter when there was a big party going on! ;-)

All natural resources .... a lesson here !!!

Thank you, Marj - I'm afraid I won't be sewing shells on my clothes, but it's a good idea. Lol!

Wow - elegant !!!
Diane* At first I did not recognize it as a shell.
Because I remember many many years ago I once knitted a similar pattern. You always had to insert a wide bar between the rows so that the stitch would take that shape. I hope my translation is correct ;-))