American Indian Beadwork (Beadwork Books) (Paperback)

by W. Ben Hunt (Author), J. F. "Buck" Burshears (Author) "Beads of various types have been used for ornamentation by man since the beginning of time..." (more)
Key Phrases: loom beading, warp threads, geometrical designs

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Fireside (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684829444
• ISBN-13: 978-0684829449
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #70,098 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great source for Native American designs., November 2, 1998

By A Customer

I have read and used this book many, many times. When I was just starting to bead, this book was a wealth of patterns and colors for me. And that was a long time ago. I believe it was written with children in mind, but if you want to see Native American beadwork designs, and the traditional colors that were used, this is the book.

10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Really dated source, February 5, 2003

By	J. Kelley "dahozho" (Mid-Atlantic coast) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Published during the 1950s, the author's stereotyped attitudes towards native peoples is all to readily apparent, including the names he gives some of the stitches. Some of the pictures are very painful, taken together with the narrative.

This is NOT a lost art here, people, & there are Native artists producing both traditional & contemporary beadwork that easily rivals the work of our grandparents.

There are much better, more contemporary sources available now. This is ok only as a curiosity from an earlier decade.

4.0 out of 5 stars American Indian Beadwork, September 15, 2007

By	Betty A. Howard "bead buzzard" (Las Cruces, NM USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is very informative, describing in detail how to do various types of beadwork, primarily loomwork. The color illustrations are beautiful, but the problem is that many of the designs in this book have been used by foreign near-slave-labor workers to produce cheap beadwork that is imported into the United States almost literally by the ton. Therefore a user should be very careful about chosing to use patterns directly from this book without any alterations in color or design.