Cultural Insights: Beads have been used by almost every culture throughout history, often taking on significant symbolic meanings. They can tell us about the spiritual beliefs, artistic styles, trade networks, and daily life of the people who made and used them. ...
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Globalization, increased trade, and climate change have facilitated the spread of species beyond their natural ranges and dispersal limits (Meyerson and Mooney2007; Hulme2009,2017). Exotic species that successfully establish and spread can become invasive and cause adverse ecological, environmental, and ...
We continuously hunt for good Vintage Turquoise Jewelry and Old Pawn Indian Jewelry. We are in a good location of the Southwest to find it. We are particular in what we buy so we never know what we will come up with next. We buy, sell & trade in Native American Antiques, Art & Jewe...
Indian Dicer, Gottlieb, 1928 to 1932, a dice machine trade stimulator. Ingo, United Distributing, 1950s (exact date unknown), a small battery operated (4 D cells) strength tester. A nickel is put in the handle, and it falls down to the base of the game (where the coin box resides...
1922: Exhibition of Indian and Persian Paintings and Illuminated Manuscripts, with Specimens of the Art of Eastern Turkestan, Tibet, Burma and Siam The exhibition, curated by Binyon, opened in May 1922. As Binyon says in the opening paragraph of the short sixpennyGuide to the Exhibition, its ...
This paper provides a panoptic discussion of Khoikhoi interaction with Dutch material culture (a topic hitherto ignored) during the period when the Cape of Good Hope formed part of the Indian Ocean world of the VOC. It traces how the consumer goods used in trade with the Khoikhoi not only ...
And glass-beads of the lampshade, and The sound of some strange voices and Port Arthur and the dull clock beating Overhead. The moment, long, in the least measure - Like hour. But steps from afar. And you have entered. Here's the squeaking Of open door. -- -- -- -- -- -- -...
BISER– precious beads for a necklaceBisjer– a multityde, many small things (Tadzhik)biser seems to be of arabic origin, meaning "bead" or "false pearl". Some qychaq languages seem to have it (in arabic it more commonly means unripe date(s) - busra(t), busr). I attribute it to...
Beads– The bubbles which rise on a glass of wine or spirits. Bean Eater– A Mexican Bean Master– The cook Bear Sign– Acowboyterm for donuts made while they were on the range. A cook who could and would make them was highly regarded. ...