1. adverb. Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time. It was late in the afternoon. She had to work late at night. His autobiography was written late in life. The case is expected to end late next week. Since late last year the border area has been the scene of heavy fighting.
The cowry was the shell most widely used worldwide as shell money. It is most abundant in the Indian Ocean, and was collected in the Maldive Islands, in Sri Lanka, along the Malabar coast, in Borneo and on other East Indian islands, and in various parts of the African coast from Ras Hafun to Mozambique.
Heishi Materials. Beads marketed as heishi can be made from virtually any material. The Pueblo Indians, however, historically worked in shells like melon shells, spiny oysters, light and dark olive shells and mother-of-pearl.eishi from Africa. A different kind of heishi-type beads are crafted using a similar technique in some African nations. The materials differ somewhat; they may include vegetable material such as husks or shells and thick pieces of ostrich eggshell.