NEW YORK, March 15 (UPI) -- Most American Indians practiced the needlework craft of beading but none with more skill and artistry than the tribes of the Iroquois nation in communities in New York ...

Thousands of tiny glass beads skillfully sewn onto an array of items make a statement not only of beauty, but of the history and culture of a people. “Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork” ...

"An unabridged reprint of Guide leaflet no. 50, 'Indian beadwork : a help for students of design,' published by the American Museum of Natural History, New York City ...

Centuries before Europeans arrived with glass trading beads, Native people who lived in what is now Minnesota were making beads from stone, shells, teeth and bone. Dakota and Ojibwe women used these ...

Rhonda Besaw sits at her table fabric in front of her, tiny bead in one hand, needle in the other. With the first prick of the needle, she starts the conversation with her ancestors. “I take up the ...

In an era when an image can be a function of pixels, art forms that go back hundreds of years continue to dazzle. A traditional art now on display at the Clark County Historical Museum is a result of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Provenience note, not every object in ...