BEADS!!
BEADS and beaded jewelry have been loved and collected from
man's earliest known existence.
Beads
are one of the most historically fascinating adornments and ancient forms of money used for trade, barter, and wealth.
Beads are made from every conceivable material; glass, precious and semi-precious stones,
pearl, clay, wood, leather, shell, bone, quills, precious metals and later, plastics.
Beads come in every conceivable shape, size, design and
color.
For Native Peoples all over the globe, beads were and are, a display of wealth, as well
as adornment. Adornment for the body, clothes, personal belongings of every description.
If it could be decorated, it was and is!
Most everyone
is attracted to beads of one form or another. If they could only talk!!