Thousands of people here in Hawai‘i and around the world wear this shell around their neck, but few people have ever seen a live textile cone shell. The famous puka shells are made by the large surf ...

Almost every jewelry store in Hawai‘i sells puka-shell necklaces, but very few people know where these puka shells come from! Hawai‘i is very unique because we have large surf that crashes directly ...

To celebrate Mes CHamoru, we are reprinting stories about our CHamoru masters. Today’s story is about Master Carver Julie “Jill” Quichocho Benavente. It originally appeared in the May 25, 2021 edition ...