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Featured eBook
Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture and Meaning by ISBN: 9781859739907Publication Date: 1998"Beads have been used since antiquity, not only to dress the body, but as measures of value in economic and ritual exchanges. Their popularity has never waned, and in recent years their trade has enjoyed a world-wide revival."
Featured Articles
These articles are good examples of the types of scholarship on beads and beadwork in the CCA Libraries digital collections, drawn from our online journal and magazine subscriptions.
- A Beadwork PrimerDavid R. Bingell, Curator.
- Borders of Beads: Questions of Identity in the Beadwork of the Zulu-Speaking PeopleCarol Boram-Hays, African Arts
- Yorùbá Beadwork in the Americas: Òrìṣà and Bead ColorJohn Mason, African Arts
- Native American Consumption of Shell and Glass Beads at Mission Santa Clara de AsísLee M. Panich, American Antiquity.
- Archaic effigy beads in the native American SoutheastSusan C. Power, Ornament.
