The Technique of
North American Indian Beadwork

By:  Monte Smith

Includes:
 

Directions for selecting, buying and using beading materials.

Guidelines for either buying or making your own bead loom.

An examination of Indian beadwork designs, their development, significance and uses.

Directions for beading round objects, rosettes and necklaces.

Approximately 200 illustrations, examples and photos of beaded articles from 1835 to present.

Photos of beaded articles from the Apache, Arapaho, Assiniboines, Bannock, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Commanche, Cree, Crow, Flathead, Gros Ventre, Huron, Kiowa, Mohawk, Navajo, Ojibwa, Omaha, Otto, Piaute, Pottawatomi, Sac & Fox, Shoshone, Sioux, Umitilla, Ute, Winnebago and Yakima.