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SHELL BEADS AND PENDANTS from Colombia. The multiplicity
of forms includes spacers, bullet and button shapes and thin squares with
perforations on their flat surfaces. Mixed among the shells are a few
stone beads. It is not known whether the large truncated cone beads functioned
as a spindle whorl; top center specimen is 2.7 cm diameter. The Sinú
culture dates from circa A.D. 600-1600. Courtesy of Ken Klassen. |
 TAIRONA CARNELIAN PENDANTS. Labeled as having pointed bases by Mason (1936), these appear to be more bullet-shaped. Of the five existing variations, the ones shown have a flat top with a large perforation and two lateral perforations, which enable stringing through two axes. The pendants are considered muerte due to their dull surfaces; average length is ca 3.0 cm. Courtesy of Ken Klassen. |
\ CLASSIC TIAHUANACO-WARI BEADS portraying stylized, possibly feline heads shown in profile, circa A.D. 700 to 1000. The inlays consist of mother-of-pearl, orange and purple spondylus, and an unidentified greenstone. Each rectangular bead has two parallel perforations and is 4 cm high.Courtesy of Gessler Collection. |
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Our upcoming issue 36.3 contains
Eleanor Moty
Lola Brooks
Smithsonian Craft Show
SNAG Conference
Women Working Words-Facèré
Some of Our Popular Articles
Cristóbal Balenciaga Fashion as
Refined Art
Arline Fisch, Distinguished Artist
Polymer Clay,
A Modern Medium Comes of Age
Islamic Glass Beads,
The Well-Traveled Ornament
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show 2012
Zhandra Rhodes The Art of Significant Loveliness
Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing and Costume
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FRANK H. MCCLUNG MUSEUM hosts “Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes from Central Asia” through May 12, 2013. Elaborate silver and gilt jewelry, as well as carpets and textiles from the Turkomen tribes of Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan are the focus of this exhibit.
THE FASHION MUSEUM IN BATH celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with “Fifty Fabulous Frocks,” from February 2 through 2013. Drawing from the Museum’s collection, the exhibition includes a gold-embroidered Georgian court dress, an 1870s gauze-bustle day dress, a jersey evening dress by Ossie Clark, and a classic Chanel suit. Westwood, Queen of Punk.
Bath Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath, BA1 2QH, Great Britain; 44.0.1225.477789; www.museumofcostume.co.uk.
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