Trade Beads
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A short article by Marjorie Jirousek giving background on trade beads and the beadwork of Native peoples of the North Central United States. It traces beads from prehistoric stone and shell ornaments through European glass beads from Venice, the arrival of small seed beads around 1800, and how seed beads replaced porcupine quillwork. It closes by distinguishing the Woodland Ojibwe and Plains Sioux beadwork traditions in Minnesota, with line drawings of a Sioux and an Ojibwe design.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- September 1980
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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