Softer and more frangible than other precious gems, red coral is cut mainly into cabochons or beads, or carved by adept hands into more complex designs, especially cameos (which also can be made ...

For instance, Oba Ewuare the Great (1440-1473) is believed to have introduced coral beads and red flannel cloths (Ododo) to the Benins for the first time, he was the one that founded the Iwebo ...

It all started with rumours of a woman in Bandri village in Sandur taluk of Ballari district hearing the red coral bead in her mangalasutra speak and losing her husband soon afterwards.