Lightening the Load
Inspired by an event during the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Circling the Globe
Glass trade beads made in one part of the world circumnavigate it many times over, changing hands as a form of currency and connection.
Trade Beads Unearthed
Something long forgotten, unearthed and newly appreciated once again. A metaphor for life, really.
Foreign Currency II (Trade Beads)
The ancient Egyptians made beads, and then the secrets to the process of creating glass beads was lost to time.
Trade Bead Hanks
Trade beads were popular currency in early western expansion, and are still sought after today.
Currency
Another form of currency: livestock.
Currency
In making trade, one establishes a currency. Early settlers and trapper traders in America utilized trade beads as a form of currency. To have technology that another group does not have, is power. It was then: it still is today. Keeping technology at cutting edge is a harder and harder feat in today’s world. To bargain with a human being, …