Trade Beads Unearthed
Something long forgotten, unearthed and newly appreciated once again. A metaphor for life, really.
Trade Entwined
A metaphor for life: it is all connected!
Trade Submerged
Chevron trade beads float alongside strands of watermelon beads and cobalt beads to the bottom of the body of water. Slowly drifting down… broken trade deals.
Trade Upset
The Lewis and Clark expedition reported a boat being upset and losing a cargo of trade beads.
Warm Trade
Early trade beads continue to inspire my imagination. I am drawn to the texture, color, pattern and the HISTORY!
The Fashion Trade
The European fashion craze of beaver pelts drove early American westward expansion.
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 Currency
Those two items, ironically, were largely luxury goods: making westward expansion and trade a fashion-driven enterprise!
Thread of Trade
Our interdependence on one another is a concern, but perhaps could very well be what saves us…
Trade Bead Fashion Exchange
Beaver pelts were plentiful to the Native Americans at that time, and they desired items which they did not have the resources or technology to produce.