The beads were probably used as links in one or more necklaces that were worn around the neck or on the wrist. The other parts of the necklace could be made of other materials. In 1963, Haberland documented a necklace at the Chilaite site (Isla Ometepe) consisting of three tubular tin beads, 2 resin beads, 50 greenstone beads and 306 clay beads (Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, Postenbuch, No. 84.9: 139). Snarskis (1985: 32, Fig. 13) presents a necklace from the island of San Lucas (Golfo de Nicoya) whose elements consist of bone, tooth and an avimorphic gold figure. Over 3000 gold beads were found in grave 11 at the Conte site (450-900d.C.). They probably belonged to several necklaces and a beaded belt. Ethnohistoric sources from the 16th century show that necklaces were worn by both sexes in Panamá (Hearne and Sharer 1992: 110). (Künne 2005)