| Description |
364 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356). |
| Note |
Includes 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 -- The twentieth century: Europe and North America -- Bead chart: a time line of bead history -- Bead shape table. |
| Subject |
Beads -- History.
|
| Added Author |
Togashi.
|
| ISBN |
0810907364 |
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9780810907362 |
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