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    • Head Ornament

    • Head Ornament

    • Ifugao Tribe

    • Personal Artifact - Personal Gear - Hat

    • A small round fiber hat with a pair of Mother-of-Pearl drop earrings attached. This hat is worn by bachelors and sits to the back of the head, tying under the chin. Married men wear a hat with no decoration.
    • Czech Glass Bead Strand

    • Czech Glass Bead Strand

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Beads

    • A strand of 23 molded Czech glass melon beads in white, red, light blue and one yellow. They were probably made to imitate Indian agate beads.
    • Glass Sherds

    • Glass Sherds

    • Ancient Egypt

    • Unclassifiable Artifact - Artifact Remnant - Sherd

    • A variety of glass sherds from ancient Egypt during the Roman period dating from 63BC to 14AD. Glassmaking occurred as early as 2340 BC in Mesopotamia. These are fragments of vessels made in the millefiori technique that was devised to imitate the...
    • Straw Necklace

    • Straw Necklace

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Necklace

    • A whimsical contemporary woven straw necklace consisting of a central purple grape cluster pendant with green leaves flaked by various fruit on each side. The rest of the necklace is mixed woven straw beads in bright, cheerful colors.
    • Shell Animal Bead

    • Shell Animal Bead

    • Ancient artist Unknown

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Bead

    • An ancient animal shaped bead believed to be a stylized lion handcarved from shell found in Afghanistan. When viewed from the front this lion has a charming smile.
    • Ancient Egyptian Glass Bead

    • Ancient Egyptian Glass Bead

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Bead

    • An ancient glass bead, possibly from Egypt. It is a furnace-wound black tapered bead with red and white trailed design believed to be from the Islamic Period 622 - 1400.
    • Artist Beads

    • Artist Beads

    • Holland, Sage

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Bead

    • An assemblage of contemporary glass beads by Sage Holland made in 1993. The top left bead and center bead are "eye beads". The evil eye is a belief that apparently developed around the Mediterranean area in Neolithic times. It holds that a...
    • Beaded Bag

    • Beaded Bag

    • American Indian

    • Personal Artifact - Personal Gear - Bag

    • Beaded bag with a feather motif on black fabric with scarlet ribbon edging. Bags like this were very popular from the late 1880's to 1920's as tourist souveniers from the Niagara Falls area. They were made by American Indians many from the tribes...
    • Mosaic Artist Beads

    • Mosaic Artist Beads

    • Kerkvliet, Brian

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Beads

    • Brian is famous for his mosaic face beads as seen in the center bead. He has been working with glass since 1977.
    • Glass Rods

    • Glass Rods

    • Heron Glass

    • Personal Artifact - Personal Gear - Cane

    • Canes and cane slices from glass rods used to make beads. These canes were made by Mary Mullany and Ralph Mossman of Heron Glass in early 1994. The flower-like motifs shown in the slices are called "millefiori" which is Italian for 1000 flowers.
    • Artist Bead Necklace

    • Artist Bead Necklace

    • Smircich, James

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Necklace

    • Contempory glass bead necklace in red, white and black made in 1993. James is a founding member of the ISGB (International Society of Glass Bead Makers) and an internationally celebrated teacher of glass bead making.
    • Guatemala Necklace

    • Guatemala Necklace

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Necklace

    • Coral, glass and metal beads forming a necklace with a large silver crucifix pendant. The necklace uses several coins and silver crosses. Small metal pieces in shapes of limbs (arms, legs, etc.) and body parts (eyes) are called "milagros" which...
    • Pre-Columbian Necklace

    • Pre-Columbian Necklace

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Necklace

    • Five flat rectangular shell pieces with a hole in each corner of each rectangle (4 holes per shell), all strung together with shell heishi discs at both top and bottom. The top row continues around the neck. The shell dates to the Tairona Culture...
    • Folded Glass Bead

    • Folded Glass Bead

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Bead

    • Folded glass beads like this are specific to the Islamic Period, 622 to 1400. The glass is actually folded over itself to form this type of bead. Usually you can see the fold line.
    • Folded Bead

    • Folded Bead

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Bead

    • Folded glass beads lilke this are specific to the Islamic Period 622 - 1400. The glass is actually folded over itself to form this type of bead. Usually you can see the fold line.
    • Ancient Glass Disc Bead

    • Ancient Glass Disc Bead

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Bead

    • Green glass disc with three mosaic eye patterns from Egypt made in the Coptic tradition. Coptic refers to the Christian religion of the area. This bead probably dates from 63BC - 1400AD.
    • Shell Earrings

    • Shell Earrings

    • Kalinga Tribe

    • Personal Artifact - Adornment - Earrings

    • Highly stylized butterfly-shaped mother-of-pearl shell earrings. These glass seed bead and shell earrings are worn by brides of the Kalinga Tribe. They are 92 mm long. The shape is very popular among the Kalinga people of Luzon Island,...
    • Kond Brass Necklace

    • Kond Brass Necklace

    • Kond Tribe

    • Personal Artifacts - Adornment - Necklace

    • It is a collection of antique brass round elements on string.
    • Diviner's Pouch

    • Diviner's Pouch

    • Yoruba Tribe

    • Personal Artifact - Personal Gear - Bag

    • Many strands of red glass seed beads, some whitehearts, with a woven beaded pouch at each end and coin dangles on the pouches. Coins are British West Africa one cent pieces dated 1938, 1941, 1942 and 1943. Beadwork is red and white. Whitehearts...

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