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Beads and beadwork of the American Indians : a study based on specimens in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (1929)

Orchard, William C · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 174

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ollar shown in fig. 122. (9/70) , 1 ten and eleven beads be- tween the points, making a mesh of one inch from point to point when extended to its greatest length. The lower edge is fringed by beading about three-quarters of an inch of the ends of the vertical strings ; the upper edge is ornamented… … of contrasting colors at FlG- 124.— Single-string foundation of beadwork , . , , from Nicaragua and Panama. (13/7624) regular intervals. A necklace of netted weave between two parallel lines was col- lected from the Indians on Rio Napo, Department of Oriente, Ecuador. The detail drawing (fig. 125)…

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