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The history of beads : from 100,000 B.C. to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Kiyoshi Togashi. New York : Abrams, 2009. ISBN:  9780810951747 (hc.) 0810951746 (hc.) Description:  396 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 cm. Edition:  Rev. and expanded ed. Contents:  Introduction: 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 -- Contemporary: Europe and North America -- Bead shape table -- The timeline of bead history.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Central Library Non-Circulating Reference 391.7 D814h 2009 Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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