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Job's Tears Eyeglass Holders
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| The corn bead plant, also known as Job's tears, is related to corn. The seed has a hole through the center, and it has been called Nature's own bead. During the winter of 1838-9, the Cherokee people were rounded up by the U.S. government and driven along the Trail of Tears to an unknown land far away. Along the trail the people wept tears of grief. According to legend, wherever a tear fell a plant sprang up. The plant, of course, was the corn bead plant. The beads, which are gray, the color of grief, are still made into jewelry today in memory of the ordeal of the Trail Where They Cried.
The eyeglass holders shown here are one of a kind, handmade by Native American Indians. They are made with Job's Tears as well as a variety of colors of Pony Glass Seed Beads.
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