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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  Collectible Beads: A Universal Aesthetic
Synopses & ReviewsSynopsis:Beautifully illustrated, Collectible Beads meticulously explores and documents the rise and development of a collecting passion. This authoritative volume takes readers on a rich and exciting journey of discovery, charting the tremendous worldwide growth over the last twenty years of ancient, ethnographic, and contemporary beads as collectibles. In celebrating the first and most universal form of personal adornment, this book significantly furthers the recognition of beads as a symbol of humanity's cultural and spiritual aspirations. Synopsis:A study of ancient, ethnographic and contemporary beads as collector's items. This book recognizes the bead as a symbol of different cultural and spiritual influences and covers the subject region-by-region. There are also chapters on contemporary necklaces, artist-made beads and fakes. Table of ContentsIntroduction — Africa — China and Taiwan — Japan, India, Himalaya countries, Thailand, Philippines, and Idonesia — Middle East and North Africa — Precolumbian Americas — The Americas and Europe — Contemporary necklaces — Contemporary beads — Fakes and simulations — Collecting beads — Glossary — Organizations — References and bibliography — Index. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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