Native American Beadwork: Traditional Beading Techniques for the Modern-Day Beadworker [Paperback]

Georg J. Barth (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 219 pages
• Publisher: Schneider Pubs; First edition (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936984120
• ISBN-13: 978-0936984124
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very thorough handbook for Native American beadwork., November 13, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Native American Beadwork: Traditional Beading Techniques for the Modern-Day Beadworker (Paperback)

If you are interested in traditional Native American beadwork you won't find a better book than this one for making your work as close to traditional as possible. Georg goes into exhaustive detail on what materials to use, where to get them and the exact methods used by traditional Native American beadworkers. He has researched the subject thoroughly and has a very respectful attitude. This book is truly a labor of love

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you buy one book to tell you how...buy this, November 10, 2002

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Roderick Kennedy (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Native American Beadwork: Traditional Beading Techniques for the Modern-Day Beadworker (Hardcover)

In Europe, people dress up in buckskins, hang out in tipis and emulate the Native Americans of days gone more than a century and a half ago. Their attention to detail seems to be no less than compulsive, and this book is an ultimate product of this compulsion for authenticity, accuracy and completeness.

Barth has completed an instructional masterpiece of Native American Bead work that I give to experienced Native beaders to their astonishment. If you want to learn technique, buy this book.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent source, February 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Native American Beadwork: Traditional Beading Techniques for the Modern-Day Beadworker (Paperback)

I found the book to be one of the best sources of information pertaining the native- american -style beading, espeacially the transmontane beadwork. I have found there several hints and pieces of information I was looking for for several years. Thank you, Mr. Barth.