Adena culture Spoons, beads and other implements were made from the marine conch. A few copper axes have been found, but otherwise the metal was hammered into ornamental forms, such as bracelets, rings, beads, and reel-shaped pendants. Adena culture The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 1000 to 200 BC, in a time known as the Early Woodland period. The Adena culture refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system. The Adena lived in an area including parts of present-day Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Worry beads roll them against each other, creating soft clicking sounds. Worry beads can be a musical instrument, related to rebetiko. Sound is emitted using a drinking glass and rubbing the lip against the worry bead, which is suspended from one button. It is also superstition in certain Greek communities that husbands-to-be, on their wedding night, will perform a "worry bead ritual" involving rapid back-and-forth movement of all beads. This is meant to ensure sexual fulfilment (συνουσία, "synousía"), on the wedding night and during the following honeymoon period. Worry beads Worry beads or kombolói, kompoloi (, , "bead collection"; plural: , )