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| Introduction |
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Entering the Door to Inventiveness |
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Highlights of Beadwork History |
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10 | (6) |
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Materials, Tools, and Techniques |
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16 | (6) |
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Han Beadwork, Mainland China |
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24 | (8) |
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Techniques Three-Dimensional Triangle Stitch and Three-Dimensional Right Angle Weave |
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Project ``Ka-Ching'' Necklace Elements |
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Han Beadwork, Mainland China |
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32 | (6) |
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Techniques Spherical Pentagon Stitch and Spherical Hexagon Stitch |
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Project Beaded Polyhedrons |
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Ancient Japanese Beadwork |
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38 | (2) |
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Technique Framed Parallel Stringing |
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Kathi Beadwork, Gujarat State, India |
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40 | (6) |
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Techniques Ladder Stitch, Brick Stitch, Tubular Peyote Stitch, and Single-Thread Vertical Netting |
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Project ``Mahalakshmi'' Pin |
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Sa'dan Toraja Beadwork, Sulawesi, Indonesia |
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46 | (6) |
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Techniques Multiple Vertical-Thread Netting and Tasseling |
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Project ``Time Revisited'' Earrings |
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Straits Chinese Beadwork, Penang, Malaysia |
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52 | (4) |
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Project Tasseled Earrings |
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Kenyah Beadwork, Indonesian/Malaysian Borneo |
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56 | (6) |
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Techniques Ladder Stitch, Tubular Ndebele Herringbone Stitch, and Fringing |
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Project Tasseled Hair Sticks |
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Ambai Island Beadwork, Papua, Indonesian New Guinea |
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Artist Mary Winters-Meyer |
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Techniques Flat and Double-Layer Right Angle Weave |
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Project Sample of ``Elementary'' Shawl |
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African and Middle Eastern Inspirations |
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68 | (44) |
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Ancient Egyptian Beadwork |
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70 | (6) |
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Techniques Peyote Stitch and Ladder Stitch |
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Project ``Sithathoryunet'' Bracelet I |
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Ancient Egyptian Beadwork |
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76 | (8) |
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Techniques Flat and Tubular Peyote Stitch and Fringing |
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Project ``Bound'' Earrings |
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84 | (2) |
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Technique Right Angle Weave |
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86 | (4) |
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Technique Spiral Stringing with Spacer Plates |
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Project ``Jayne's Cowl'' Neckpiece |
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90 | (4) |
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Technique Cubic Right Angle Weave |
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Project Samples of Cubic Right Angle Weave |
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Xhosa Beadwork, South Africa |
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94 | (6) |
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Technique Double-Layer Scallop Stitch |
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Project Sample of Double-Layer Scallop Stitch |
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Ndebele Beadwork, South Africa |
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100 | (6) |
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Technique Pyramidal Ndebele Herringbone Stitch |
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Project ``Pyramid'' Earrings |
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Msinga (Zulu) Beadwork, South Africa |
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106 | (6) |
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Technique Tubular Polygon Stitch |
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Project Samples of Tubular Polygon Stitch |
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112 | (18) |
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Seventeenth-Century English Beadwork |
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114 | (6) |
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Techniques Tubular and Three-Dimensional Peyote Stitch and Free-Form Looping |
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Project ``Dandelion Puff'' Earrings |
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J. M. Van Selow Beadwork, 1760S Germany |
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120 | (2) |
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Technique Mosaic Bead Inlay |
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Wiener Werkstatte Beadwork, 1920S Austria |
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122 | (2) |
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Funerary Beadwork, France |
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124 | (6) |
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130 | (26) |
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Plains and Plateau Beadwork |
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132 | (2) |
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Achomawi/Atsugewi Beadwork, California |
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134 | (10) |
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Project ``Quail on the Mountain'' Evening Bag |
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144 | (6) |
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Project ``Trio of Earrings to Mix and Match'' |
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150 | (6) |
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Techniques Flat and Pyramidal Peyote Stitch |
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Project ``Triple Diamond'' Brooch |
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| Notes |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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158 | (2) |
| Index |
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