Displaying 1 of 1 1987 Format: Book Author: Dubin, Lois Sherr. Title: The history of beads : from 30,000 B.C. to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Togashi. Publisher, Date: New York : H.N. Abrams, [1987] Description: 364 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm Summary: "40,000 years of bead history, from Neolithic times to the present. Over 350 illustrations, including 254 plates in full color, reproducing beads from every world region and every major historic culture."--AbeBooks. Subjects: Beads -- History. Other Author: Togashi, photographer. Notes: One page folds out. Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356) and index. Contents: 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. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 87001428 ISBN: 9780810907362 0810991764 9780810991767 0810907364 Other Number: 15367508 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 14356 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 745.582 Dubin Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
