Entries (RSS) The History of Beads: From 30,000 BC to the present
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From the breathtaking gold designs of ancient Egypt to today’s exciting renaissance of bead craftsmanship, beads have been one of the most popular forms of personal adornment and beads have been used throughout the world in countless ways: as talismans; as status symbols; as religious artefacts; and as a medium of barter. The History of Beads looks at every conceivable aspect of these fascinating objects, unravelling the mysteries of the world’s rarest beads and exploring the cultural contexts from which beads have come. The historical, geographical and thematic features of beads are examined in the highly enjoyable text and the author discusses every known bead-making technique and the vast range of materials that have been used: precious and semi-precious stones; metals and minerals; shells; bone; wood; amber; coral; glass; lacquer and plastics. The book also includes technical diagrams; fifteen maps of bead sources and distribution patterns; a bead shape-chart; and a magnificent eight-page fold-out time-line of over 2,000 beads in their cultural and historical contexts. Price (ZA) R400.00 |
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