Beadwork and Quillwork
by Giulianna Maria Lamanna
Decorations weren’t–and still aren’t–just for fashion: they carried cultural and personal meanings. I probably should have included this in my last post about Native American dresses, but here’s a fascinating article (from NativeTech, natch) about beads. Native Americans in my bioregion made them out of bone, ceramic, metal, shell, and stone. Beads, of course, are [...]
