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The history of beads : from 100,000 B.C. to the present

Title
The history of beads : from 100,000 B.C. to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Kiyoshi Togashi.
Author
Dubin, Lois Sherr.
Publication
New York : Abrams, 2009.

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Description
396 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps; 31 cm.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: why a book on beads -- The beginnings -- Antiquity: from Neolithic times to the Roman Empire -- Europe: the late Roman Empire to the Renaissance -- Prayer beads -- The world of Islam -- The Age of European expansion -- Africa -- The Far East: China, Korea, and Japan -- India -- Central Asia -- Southeast Asia and the South Pacific -- Middle and South America -- North America -- The special beads: amber and pearls -- The magical eye bead -- Contemporary: Europe and North America -- Bead shape table -- The timeline of bead history.
Call Number
JQG 15-710
ISBN
  • 9780810951747
  • 0810951746
LCCN
2009011804
OCLC
316772621
Author
Dubin, Lois Sherr.
Title
The history of beads : from 100,000 B.C. to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Kiyoshi Togashi.
Imprint
New York : Abrams, 2009.
Edition
Rev. and expanded ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JQG 15-710
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