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The history of beads : from 30,000 B.C. to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Togashi

By:

Dubin, Lois Sherr

Contributor(s):

Togashi

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : H.N. Abrams , [1987].Description: 364 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN:

9780810907362

Subject(s):

Beads -- -History

DDC classification:

REF 739.27 DUB

Abstract: For collectors, beadworkers, and enthusiasts, this is an abridged edition of Abrams' enormously popular History of Beads. It shows how beads have played an important role throughout the world for 40,000 years -- as talismans, status symbols, amulets, and for adornment and barter. Included is the remarkable full-color, eight-page foldout time line of bead history, which places over 2,000 important bead types in cultural and historic context.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	REF 739.27 DUB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		026246

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Previous	REF 739.1 EST La plateria del Museo Franz Mayer, obras escogidas, Siglos XVI-XIX	REF 739.2 HOU Miniature Silver Toys	REF 739.27 ALD Jewels of the Pharaohs : Egyptian jewelry of the Dynastic Period	REF 739.27 DUB The history of beads : from 30,000 B.C. to the present	REF 739.27 HUG The art of jewelry : a survey of craft and creation	REF 739.27 MEE Crown jewels of Iran	REF 739.27 PAP Famous jewelry collectors	Next

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 351-356.

For collectors, beadworkers, and enthusiasts, this is an abridged edition of Abrams' enormously popular History of Beads. It shows how beads have played an important role throughout the world for 40,000 years -- as talismans, status symbols, amulets, and for adornment and barter. Included is the remarkable full-color, eight-page foldout time line of bead history, which places over 2,000 important bead types in cultural and historic context.

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