North America - Ojibwa Bead Weaving
Weaving with beads, known as beadwork, is a relatively recent addition to
the Ojibwa artistic heritage. Research suggests that early bead weavers
used bones, shells and stone to make beads.
The introduction of European glass beads by early North American explorers provided the beginning for Native beadwork, as we know it today. MORE!
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