North American Indian Beadwork Designs
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Black and white photos lack sharp detail, however the line drawings are nicely done. Interesting listing of beading design elements and their meanings.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An authoritative and interesting volume. Excellent resource of beadwork designs
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North American Indian Beadwork Designs - Clark Wissler
A bag of woven beadwork—Winnebago
Because the American Museum of Natural History has undergone many changes since the initial publication of this guidebook, most of the references to specific locations are no longer valid. The relevant collections today are Northwest Coastal Indians, Eastern Woodlands and Plains Indians, and Mexico and Central America.
Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 1999, is an unabridged reprint of Guide Leaflet No. 50, Indian Beadwork: A Help for Students of Design,
published by the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, in 1919.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wissler, Clark, 1870–1947.
[Indian beadwork]
North American Indian beadwork designs / Clark Wissler.
p. cm.
An unabridged reprint of Guide leaflet no. 50, ‘Indian beadwork : a help for students of design,’ published by the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, in 1919.
9780486156163
1. Indian beadwork—North America. I. Title.
E98.B46W57 1999
745.58’2’08997—dc21
99-36848
CIP
Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation
40713606
www.doverpublications.com
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
INTRODUCTION
GUIDE TO THE COLLECTIONS.
BEAD EMBROIDERY.
BEAD WEAVING.
QUILLWORK.
DESIGNS.
NAMES FOR DESIGNS.
ELEMENTS OF BEADED DESIGNS FROM EXAMPLES IN THE MUSEUM.
ELEMENTS OF BEADED DESIGNS FROM EXAMPLES IN THE MUSEUM—ARAPAHO.