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- Mapoto, detail
- Ndebele Tribe
- Communication Artifact; Personal Symbol
- Closeup of Ndebele beadwork on a Mapoto apron worn by a married woman. The colors and symbols of the design motifs are very important to the lady who makes and wears the apron. In a village the three apron shapes - rectangle, 2 panels with fringe,...
- 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.
- Tortoise Shell Pendant
- Unknown
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Pendant
- Tortoise shell carved with a fish motif, possibly a dolphin, with 9 dangles of mollusk shell and small teeth at the end of each dangle. It is 9cm wide and 10cm long.
- 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.
- Phoenician Head Pendant
- Ancient, unknown artist
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Bead
- A Phoenician glass head pendant. The Phoenicians represented a federation of maritime traders rather than a defined country from about 1500 BC to 300 BC. Most head pendants are bearded and, therefore, male. This type is always unbearded and may...
- 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.
- Ancient Glass Pendant
- Unknown
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Necklace
- A pear-shaped Islamic black glass pendant with trailed white lines. The pendant hangs from a chain, which is not ancient. The bead dates from the Islamic Period 622 -1400.
- Dog Tooth Necklace
- Unknown
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Necklace
- Necklace made of dog teeth, glass imitation dog teeth, and nassa shells. Dog teeth were sometimes used as trade goods.
- 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,...
- Indo-Pacific Necklace
- Unknown
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Necklace
- Old Indo-Pacific glass beads and gold beads strung by a contemorary artist. Beads date to 1200 AD. Indo-Pacific beads are small monochrome glass beads made by the LADA technique. They were first made in India in 300 BC and subsequently in Sri...
- Armband
- Ifugao Tribe
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Armband
- A man's armband made of multiple rows of glass seed beads and glass tubular trade beads. Worn by the Ifugao Tribe of the Philippine Islands.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- "Balangandas" Necklace
- Unknown
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Necklace
- A cast silver metal frame with two birds on a vine and dangles of hollow fruit, gourds and a wooden hand. This necklace is known as "balangandas" - originally a chain of amulets or charms (teeth, bells, horn, shell, etc.) worn by slaves as...
- Belt
- Jivaro Tribe
- Personal Artifact - Personal Gear - Belt
- Red, yellow, blue and white striped cloth with fringes of fiber with red and black beads, Job's Tears, large pieces of shell and brown buckeye seed pods. The red and black seeds are poisonous. From catalog "Seashells: The First Ornament:" TBM...
- 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.
- "Nueva Cadiz" Beads
- Unknown
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Bead
- Six "Nueva Cadiz" beads from Chan Chan, Peru, thought to date from the 15th-16th centuries. These are distinctive square tubular blue glass beads, some twisted, originally found only in South America. They get their name from Nueva Cadiz,...
- Peruvian Necklace
- Unknown
- Personal Artifact - Adornment - Necklace
- Three "Nueva Cadiz" necklaces. Left: Mixture of mixed glass Nueva Cadiz beads, shell tubes and glass chevrons with a spindle whorl pendant. Center: A necklace of 28 blue glass Nueva Cadiz beads with a drop pendant. The pendant consists of a...