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NAGA TRIBAL ADORNMENT - Signatures of Status and Self

By Ayinla Shilu and Robert Liu

(paperback) 48 pages, colour (2003) £13.95 + £1.75 p&p (Code no sp3602)

This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at the Bead Museum in Washington DC from September 2003 to May 2004. Many of the exhibits were from the Harry L & Tiala Marsosang Neufeld Collection. The book includes not only a colour illustrated catalogue of the beaded Naga material in the exhibition, but also has informative sections on Beads and Components, Tribal Customs, Materials and Symbolism in what was worn, and Shaping the Past while Embracing the Future.

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A WARRIOR I HAVE BEEN

by Richard Green

(paperback) 208 pages, colour photos throughout (2004) £20.50 + £4.25 p&p

This is a magnificent book full of colour photographs of antique Plains Indian beadwork. As a permanent visual and textual record this reference volume will be useful for the collector, scholar, researcher and beadworker alike, but it is far more than this. It is a book which allows the author's lifetime work in studying and collecting the material culture of Plains Indian tribal groups to be shared with the reader. The artifacts are magnificent - sometimes simple, often complex, using evocative, beautiful and intricate beaded patterns to decorate weapons, clothing, special regalia, everyday items and even items for sale.
Richard has been working to achieve a major exhibition of Plains tribal material for several years and finally the exhibition A Warrior I Have Been is running at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery from 17 July to 3 October 2004 as a culmination of this endeavour.
The book has two parts - firstly five fully-illustrated authoratative and empathic essays on themes relating both to the transition and change evident in Plains Indian cultures in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the interesting theme of stereotypes of Plains Indians. The second part catalogues 150+ objects from Richard's Collection - the material which forms the major part of the exhibition. It is the first published book on a British private collection of this kind and will undoubtedly remain a standard reference volume for years to come.

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BEADING IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITION

by David Dean

(paperback) 160 pages, colour photos and diags. (2002) £17.50 + £4.00 p&p

A long-awaited volume which thoroughly lives up to expectations - heavy and meaty with lots of colour photographs. Contents include a short history of beads/beadwork in America, researching and collecting native American beadwork, tools materials and beads, and six whole chapters on techniques. These are lane ("lazy") stitch, loom beadweaving, appliqué, gourd ("peyote") stitch and comanche brick stitch, uncommon beadwork techniques and bead edgings and finishing techniques. Plus an appendix of patterns, of course, and a good-sized bibliography and index.

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BEADS BODY AND SOUL: ART AND LIGHT IN THE YORUBA UNIVERSE

by Henry John Drewal & John Mason

(paperback) 288 pages, colour throughout (1998) £32.50 + £5.75 p&p

At last we've been able to stock some copies of the best book in print at the moment on Yoruba beadwork, published by the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at UCLA. This is a very heavy, meaty tome full of old and new Yoruba beadwork and information about the pieces and traditions. The two major sections deal with Yoruba beadwork in Africa and in the Americas, especially Brazil. It was published originally to accompany an exhibition.

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ETHNOGRAPHIC BEADWORK (Aspects of Manufacture, Use and Conservation)

(ed) Margot M Wright

(paperback) 140 pages, b&w photos (2001) £19.95 + £1.75 p&p

This book has thirteen chapters on significant and fascinating aspects of the technology and conservation of beadwork, describing artefacts originating in Europe, Africa, India, SE Asia and North America and highlighting the diversity of materials from which beads may be made, from stone, glass and clay to relatively modern materials such as plastics.

The preservation, care and storage of beadwork are described and discussed in detail.The articles include those presented at a seminar held by the Conservators of Ethnographic Artefacts in 1999, plus additional papers on the technology of beadmaking in India and excavated beadwork from Thailand and Egypt.

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ETHNIC JEWELRY FROM AFRICA, EUROPE AND ASIA

by Sibylle Jargstorf

(paperback) 160 pages, colour & b/w photos throughout (2000) £24.95 + £4.50 p&p

Sybille's 4th glass book (see also History, Collecting and Manufacture of Beads - Glass Beads) parallels ethnic (non-European) and folk (European) traditional jewellery and costumes in silver and glass.

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AFRICAN HATS & JEWELRY

by D Clarke

(hardback) 112 pages, colour photos (1998) £12.95 + £3.50 p&p

Materials & techniques of traditional African hats, cloths, beads, jewellery & masks.

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THE VOYAGE OF KING NJOYA'S GIFT

by Christraud M. Geary

(paperback) 60 pages, b&w & colour photos (1994) £7.50 + £2.50 p&p

A beaded sculpture from the Bamum kingdom of Cameroon in the National Museum of African Art, and it's journey from Africa.

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COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BEADWORK

by Joel Monture

(paperback) 116 pages, b&w diags, b&w & colour photos (1993) £10.95 + £3.00 p&p

All aspects of Native American beadwork, tools, materials, styles & methods, + many colour photos of original beaded items.

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NATIVE AMERICAN BEADWORK

by G J Barth

(paperback) 220 pages, b&w photos & illustrations throughout (1993) £15.95 + £3.00 p&p

Traditional beading styles & techniques + step-by-step instructions Many photographs of original Native American pieces.

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INDIAN BEAD-WEAVING PATTERNS

by Horace R. Goodhue

(paperback) 80 pages, b&w photos & illustrations (1989) £8.95 + £1.75 p&p

An illustrated 'How to' guide to Native American chain weaving, bead loom weaving & bead embroidery designs.

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AMERICAN INDIAN BEADWORK

by W. Ben Hunt & J.F. 'Buck' Burshears

(paperback) 64 pages, b&w photos & illustrations & 14 colour plates (1951: this edition 1996) £9.50 + £2.00 p&p

3 sections on: techniques, historical beaded items in b&w photos, and colour charts of original Native American designs.

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NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN BEADWORK PATTERNS

by Pamela Stanley-Millner

(paperback) 64 pages, cover colour photos, 73 charts, 12 patterns (1995) £4.95 + £2.00 p&p

Charts & tribal designs for two traditional beading techniques - weaving and applique beading.

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AUTHENTIC AMERICAN INDIAN BEAD-WORK AND HOW TO DO IT

by Pamela Stanley-Millner

(paperback) 48 pages, illustrations, 2 photos, 50 charts, 21 patterns (1984) £4.95 + £2.00 p&p

Step-by-step instructions and 71 tribal designs for two traditional beading techniques - weaving and applique beading.

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A PRIMER: THE ART OF NATIVE AMERICAN BEADWORK

by Z. Susanne Aikman

(paperback) 44 pages, illustrations, photos (1980) £5.95 + £1.25 p&p

Basic stringing, nets, weaves, chains, fringes, loom weaving, Comanche, Shoshone, Cheyenne stitches.

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The TECHNIQUE OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN BEADWORK

by Monte Smith

(paperback) 102 pages, 32 illustrations, 164 photos (4 colour) (1983) £10.95 + £2.50 p&p

19th and 20th century Native American beadwork items (1835 to the present day, including the work of 30 tribes) + techniques