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Necklaces Used In The Santería Of Cuba, Lourdes S. Domínguez
Necklaces Used In The Santería Of Cuba, Lourdes S. Domínguez
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
This article examines the necklaces used in the Afro-Cuban Rule of Orisha, more commonly known as Santería. This religion, created by African slaves brought to Cuba starting in the 16th century, combines aspects of Yoruba orisha worship and Spanish Catholicism. It allowed African religious beliefs and practices to survive despite the imposition of Catholic doctrine. One of the outcomes of this amalgamation is the practice of associating individual orishas (deities) with certain Catholic saints. Each orisha is represented by specific necklaces that incorporate particular bead forms, colors, and numbers.
Thirteen-Hundred-Year-Old Bead Adornments From Baar, Canton Zug, Switzerland, Katharina Müller
Thirteen-Hundred-Year-Old Bead Adornments From Baar, Canton Zug, Switzerland, Katharina Müller
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
In the year 2000, an Early Medieval (7th-century) cemetery containing more than 200 burials with rich grave goods was discovered in Baar, Canton Zug, Switzerland. Thanks to the painstaking methods used in the excavation and recording of the 2,985 glass, amber, coral, and amethyst beads found with the female burials, it was possible to reconstruct the necklaces and sewn-on appliqués they were part of. Comparisons with mosaic depictions of famous women—such as the Empress Theodora in San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy—suggest that the people of Baar imitated southern Alpine Byzantine bead jewelry fashion.
Elemental Analyses Of North American Glass Trade Beads, R. G.V. Hancock
Elemental Analyses Of North American Glass Trade Beads, R. G.V. Hancock
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Although European-made glass trade beads can be sorted into bead varieties and studied in that manner on the basis of physical attributes, much more information can be obtained about them by means of chemical analysis. Such analyses produce chemical fingerprints that may be compared and grouped. Bead varieties that have matching chemistries were made using the same ingredients that probably came from the same sources, suggesting that they were made in a specific manufacturing center and probably during the same approximate time period. Using this information may help to establish with which European nationals specific indigenous people were dealing and …
Die Perle: A 1920s German Trade Journal, Anita Von Kahler Gumpert, Karlis Karklins
Die Perle: A 1920s German Trade Journal, Anita Von Kahler Gumpert, Karlis Karklins
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Though short lived, the German trade journal, Die Perle, contains a wealth of information concerning the European bead and jewelry industry of the 1920s. Short articles provide insight into new machinery and apparatus for producing beads, natural and artificial materials for the production of beads and other ornaments, fashion trends, market reports, and numerous other topics. As well, there are several departments which deal with specific themes such as technical questions and sources of supplies. As the journals are in German, English summaries are provided for a representative sample of the articles to give the reader an idea of their …
Late 19th- And Early 20th-Century Manufacture Of Drawn Glass Tubing For Glass Beads, Lester A. Ross
Late 19th- And Early 20th-Century Manufacture Of Drawn Glass Tubing For Glass Beads, Lester A. Ross
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Late 19th- and early 20th-century archaeological sites often contain machine-made drawn glass beads with unique shapes and perforations. Little information exists documenting when these beads were initially manufactured. Through an examination of hundreds of U.S. patents, it appears that the mechanized production of drawn beads could have occurred as early as the late 19th-century, but more likely, they were not mass produced until the end of World War I, after the invention of the Danner process for mechanically drawing glass tubing. Machine-made drawn beads with multiple sides and/or shaped perforations also appear to have been produced by the late-19th century, …
Captions And Color Plates (V. 17, 2005)
Captions And Color Plates (V. 17, 2005)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 17 (Complete)
Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 17 (Complete)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Table Of Contents (V. 17, 2005)
Table Of Contents (V. 17, 2005)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Captions And Color Plates
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
The Levin Catalogue Of Mid-19th-Century Beads, Karlis Karklins
The Levin Catalogue Of Mid-19th-Century Beads, Karlis Karklins
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
The Levin Catalogue is composed of two similar collections of glass and stone beads assembled by Moses Lewin Levin, a London bead merchant whose business operated from 1830 to 1913. A total of 621 beads of 128 different varieties makes up the collections which can be dated to the period 1851-1869. Although the beads are recorded as having been used in the African trade, several have counterparts at North American sites, thereby making the catalogue a potentially valuable research tool for those involved in the study of North American trade beads as well.
Reviews And End Matter (V. 16, 2004)
Reviews And End Matter (V. 16, 2004)
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Gem and Ornamental Materials of Organic Origin, by Maggie Campbell Pedersen (2004), reviewed by Stefany Tomalin
World on a String: Parts One, Two, and Three, by Diana Friedberg and Lionel Friedberg (2004-2005), reviewed by Lois Rose Rose
Beads of Life: Eastern and Southern African Beadwork from Canadian Collections, by Marie-Louise Labelle (2005), reviewed by Margret Carey.
Precious Red Coral: Markets And Meanings, Susan J. Torntore
Precious Red Coral: Markets And Meanings, Susan J. Torntore
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Beads and other ornamental items made of precious red coral have been utilized by various cultures worldwide for thousands of years. Depending on its properties and market context, this highly valued material has meant different things to different peoples through time. The current industry—based in Torre del Greco in southern Italy—reflects past traditions but also incorporates new ideas into the production of beads and jewelry for the three principal world markets: fashion, ethnic, and tourist. These reflect the historic trade and use of red coral beads in several West African, European, and American cultural settings. This article describes the Torrese …
Table Of Contents (V. 16, 2004)
Table Of Contents (V. 16, 2004)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Incised Dentalium Shell Beads In The Plateau Culture Area, Roderick Sprague
Incised Dentalium Shell Beads In The Plateau Culture Area, Roderick Sprague
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Whole dentalium and segments of dentalium shell have been used as beads in the Northwest Coast and interior Plateau culture areas both prehistorically and ethnographically. Incised whole shells, and no more than five known examples of incised segments, have been recovered from the Plateau, limited to archaeological contexts. A review of the reported incising clearly shows the use of design elements typical of the Plateau Culture Area as often also used on bone, antler, wood, and historic copper in addition to dentalium. The Asotin site (45-AS-9), one of the few well-dated Plateau burial sites with incised beads indicates that this …
Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 16 (Complete)
Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 16 (Complete)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Bead Making At Murano And Venice, B. Harvey Carroll Jr., Jamey D. Allen
Bead Making At Murano And Venice, B. Harvey Carroll Jr., Jamey D. Allen
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
"Bead Making at Murano and Venice," by B. Harvey Carroll, Jr., is a rare eyewitness account of beadmaking in and around Venice, Italy, towards the end of the First World War and documents the technology of the time as well as what impact the war had on the industry. Carroll's report takes us through the various steps in the production of drawn or tube beads and also provides a historical perspective of the industry. Although the report presents much useful information, we now know much more about most aspects of glass beadmaking and endnotes provide much additional information and clarification.
Bohemian Faceted-Spheroidal Mold-Pressed Glass Bead Attributes: Hypothesized Terminus Post Quem Dates For The 19th Century, Lester A. Ross
Bohemian Faceted-Spheroidal Mold-Pressed Glass Bead Attributes: Hypothesized Terminus Post Quem Dates For The 19th Century, Lester A. Ross
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Faceted-spheroidal mold-pressed beads have been manufactured in Bohemia since the 18th century. Evolution of manufacturing technology has resulted in the creation of bead attributes that can readily be observed on beads from archaeological contexts. Many North American archaeological sites contain examples of this bead type; but few reports have identified the attributes, much less recognized these beads as mold-pressed. Enough evidence now exists to suggest that some of these attributes have temporal significance for dating archaeological bead assemblages. Terminus post quem dates for faceted-spheroidal mold-pressed bead attributes are hypothesized, and a strategy for future research is suggested so that a …
Beads In The Straits Settlements: Trade And Domestic Demand, 1827-1937, Hwei-Fe'n Cheah
Beads In The Straits Settlements: Trade And Domestic Demand, 1827-1937, Hwei-Fe'n Cheah
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Beads have long been a part of the exchange of goods in Southeast. Indo-Pacific beads were traded in Southeast Asia and colored beads from China were exchanged for spices and forest products from the Indonesian archipelago. The Straits Settlements, comprising the ports of Singapore, Malacca, and Penang, was formed in 1826, to consolidate the trading position of the British in Southeast Asia. Singapore, in particular, developed into a major entrepot of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Research by the late Peter Francis, Jr., drew attention to its role as a channel for a part of the Southeast Asian bead …
Early Upper Paleolithic Ornaments From Üçaǧizli Cave, Turkey, Mary C. Stiner, Steven L. Kuhn
Early Upper Paleolithic Ornaments From Üçaǧizli Cave, Turkey, Mary C. Stiner, Steven L. Kuhn
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Beads and similar ornaments appear early in the archaeological record associated with modern humans (Homo sapiens), first in Africa and somewhat later in Eurasia. They are thought to be among the first indicators of human use of symbols. This paper discusses criteria used to distinguish early mollusk-shell beads from other kinds of shells in archaeological deposits, focusing on evidence from the site of Üçaǧizli Cave in Turkey. Upper Paleolithic beadmakers at this and other sites clearly preferred certain forms of shell for ornamental purposes, although the reasons for that selectivity remain obscure.
Table Of Contents (V. 15, 2003)
Table Of Contents (V. 15, 2003)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Birds, Beasts, And Botanicals: Organic Beads And Pendants From The Amazon Basin, Deborah G. Harding
Birds, Beasts, And Botanicals: Organic Beads And Pendants From The Amazon Basin, Deborah G. Harding
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
The people of the Amazon Basin have an incredible array of organic materials available to them, which they use to make beads and pendants. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has extensive recent collections from the Amazon Basin, with hundreds of necklaces, belts, aprons, and ear and arm ornaments which contain beads made from organic materials. These collections are used to illustrate a variety of the beads and their materials.
Two Centuries Of Iroquois Beadwork, Dolores N. Elliott
Two Centuries Of Iroquois Beadwork, Dolores N. Elliott
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
To the 16th-century Iroquois living in what is now central New York state, European glass trade beads were something special; they were believed to have had magical and spiritual meaning. To this day, the Iroquois have a special relationship with glass beads. Iroquois artists began creating three-dimensional beaded items in the late 18th century. The first beaded pincushions and wall pockets were small, but they increased in size and quantity during the 19th century. Two centers of beadwork making arose: one around Niagara Falls in western New York and southern Ontario, and the other around Montreal in southern Quebec and …
Captions And Color Plates (V. 15, 2003)
Captions And Color Plates (V. 15, 2003)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Reviews And End Matter
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Beadwork: A World Guide, by Caroline Crabtree and Pam Stallebrass (2002), reviewed by Margret Carey
A Bead Timeline. Volume I: Prehistory to 1200 CE, by James W. Lankton (2003), reviewed by Marilee Wood
Amber in Archaeology, Curt W. Beck, Ilze B. Loze, and Joan M. Todd (eds.) (2003), reviewed by Karlis Karklins.
Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 15 (Complete)
Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 15 (Complete)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.
Beadwork Of Hungary And Transylvania, Robin Atkins
Beadwork Of Hungary And Transylvania, Robin Atkins
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Beading is a cultural necessity in some rural villages of Hungary and Transylvania, where peasants have used embroidery and beads to lavishly embellish their costumes for hundreds of years. Remaining little changed over several centuries and almost oblivious to beads and beadwork in the rest of the world, the peasants of these villages have slowly evolved their own style of beadwork from thread embroidery and other embellishing methods. Based on field research, this article explores the cultural traditions, rich designs, and techniques of beadwork in four Hungarian villages—three in Transylvania (Romania) and one in southern Hungary.
Table Of Contents (V. 14, 2002)
Table Of Contents (V. 14, 2002)
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
No abstract provided.