Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction -- 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.