A female tourist admires a handmade necklace of tiny seashells made by a Native Hawaiian woman on Niihau, an isolated Pacific Ocean island in Hawaii, USA. Authentic Niihau shell jewelry is so unique that state law forbids using the name Niihau to sell it unless 100 percent of the shells are collected on that small island. Cost of Niihau shell jewelry - necklaces (leis), bracelets, earrings - ranges from $100 to $30,000. Niihau is known as the Forbidden Island because only Niihauans born on the island are permitted to live there and tourists are limited to brief visits by helicopter.
A female tourist admires a handmade necklace of tiny seashells made by a Native Hawaiian woman on Niihau, an isolated Pacific Ocean island in Hawaii, USA. Authentic Niihau shell jewelry is so unique that state law forbids using the name Niihau to sell it unless 100 percent of the shells are collected on that small island. Cost of a Niihau shell lei ranges from $100 to $30,000. Niihau is known as the Forbidden Island because only Niihauans born on the island are permitted to live there and and visitors are limited to a helicopter excursion to its shores for only a few hours. Privately owned by the same family since they purchased it from the king of Hawaii in 1864, the 72-square-mile (187 square-kilometer) island has less than 170 residents and is dedicated to preserving traditional Hawaiian culture.
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Location: Island of Niihau, Kauai County, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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