The History of Beads From 30,000 B.C. to the Present
by Dubin, Lois SherrEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-18
Publisher(s): Harry N. Abrams
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Summary
Illustrated within are more than 350 plates, most in full color, showing several thousand examples of beads, beaded jewelry, and beadwork. These splendid examples of beadmaking include a 30,000-year-old necklace, a late 19th-century Cameroon mask, and the stunning wampum beadwork of North American Indians, along with amber, pearls, prized Japanese ojime, eye beads, Art Nouveau beads, the most up-to-date fumed-glass wonders ... Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 9 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 13 |
| Introduction: Why a Book on Beads | p. 17 |
| The Beginnings | p. 21 |
| Antiquity: From Neolithic Times to the Roman Empire | p. 29 |
| Europe: The Late Roman Empire to the Renaissance | p. 65 |
| Prayer Beads | p. 79 |
| The World of Islam | p. 93 |
| The Age of European Expansion | p. 101 |
| Africa | p. 119 |
| The Far East: China, Korea, and Japan | p. 153 |
| India | p. 181 |
| Central Asia | p. 201 |
| Southeast Asia and the South Pacific | p. 223 |
| Middle and South America | p. 245 |
| North America | p. 261 |
| The Special Beads: Amber and Pearls | p. 291 |
| The Magical Eye Bead | p. 307 |
| The Twentieth Century: Europe and North America | p. 315 |
| Bead Chart: A Time Line of Bead History | p. 328 |
| Bead Shape Table | p. 342 |
| Glossary | p. 344 |
| Notes | p. 345 |
| Bibliography | p. 350 |
| Index | p. 356 |
| Photography Credits and Bead Chart Credits | p. 364 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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