resources

The sources listed below represent some favorites of the many books I have used as reference and inspiration in the process of collecting beads and creating my necklaces.

The Spendor of Ethnic Jewelry
France Borel
Harry Abrams Publishers 2001

The History of Beads
Lois Dubin
Harry Abrams 1987

African Ceremonies
Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher
Harry Abrams 2002

7000 Years of Seals
Ed. Dominique Collon
British Museum Press 1997

Glass Beads in the World
Takashi Tanichi & Yoshiro Kudo
Ribun Shuppan Co., Ltd 1997

Peoples of the Gold Triangle
Paul & Elaine Lewis
Thames & Hudson 1998

Ethnic Style
History & Fashion
Berence Geoffroy-Schneiter
Assouline Press (NY ) 2001

Gold Jewelry from Tibet & Nepal
Jane Casey Singer
Thames & Hudson 1996

The Jewelry of Nepal
Hannelore Gabriel
Weatherhill, Inc. 1999

Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum
Beads & Other Small Objects
Maud Spaer
The Israel Museum 2001

Beads in Indonesia
Sumarah Adhyatman & Redjeki Arifin
Penerbit Djambatar (Publ) 1993

Glass Beads from Europe
Sibylle Jargstorrf
Schiffer Publ 1995

The Nagas
Grata Somare & Leonardo Vigorelli
Galleria Lorenzelli 1992

Collectible Beads
Robert Liu
Ornament, Inc., 1995

Jewelry of Southeast Asia
Anne Richter
Harry Abrams, Inc. 2000

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