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American Indian beadwork / by W. Ben Hunt and J.F. "Buck" Burshears.
The last 14 pages of this 63-page book are color plates of designs. The 14 pages preceding those are b&w pictures of beaded items collected by and apparently made by the authors. The first few pages of the book contain excellent diagrams and b&w photos showing exactly how to make the various items. This includes making and using looms and displaying how to transfer patterns onto buckskin or fabric, how to stretch the base material and to applique the rosettes onto the base material.
Record details
- ISBN: 0684829444
- ISBN: 0020117000
- ISBN: 9780020117001
- Physical Description: 63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
- Edition: 1st Collier Books ed.
- Publisher: New York : Collier Books ; 1971, c1951.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Short history of beadwork of the American Indian -- Using bead designs -- Looms -- Sewed beadwork -- Rosettes -- Peyote beadwork -- Illustrations of mescellaneous beadwork articles -- Apache and Ute designs for belts -- Sioux designs -- Sioux and Cheyenne geometrical designs -- Ute, Sioux, and Cheyenne designs -- Lake Indian designs -- Miscellaneous reduced designs -- Ute floral designs -- Ojibwa and Ute floral designs -- Blackfoot designs -- Sioux pipe-bag and saddlebag designs -- Shirt and arm strips: Ogallala Sioux, Apache, and Sioux -- Rosettes.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | E 98 .B46 H86 1996 | 02737 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | E 98 .B46 H86 1996 | 274334 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | PNW E 98 .B46 H86 1996 | 274333 | PNW | Available | - |