Marcus Amerman, Beaded Portrait Entitled "Kills Enemy," 1988, Courtesy of Bruce Kapson
Msinga (Zulu) Beaded Wirework Eggs, Each Bearing the Name of the Woman Who Created It / Photo Copyright Valerie Hector
Anonymous Painting of Chinese Empress Ren Xiao Wen (1362-1407) Wearing Pearl Bead Headdress & Hair Ornaments

"Bodhi" Brooch by Valerie Hector / Photo by Larry Sanders Visual Images
"We Are Watching You" Necklace by Mara Colecchia
"Byzantine Collar" by Maggie Meister
Zulu Apprentice Sangoma Wearing a Beaded Headdress / Photo by Jean Morris


Naxi Woman Wearing a Beaded Headdress, Lijiang, China, 2006 / Photo by Lee Snider Photo Images
The Pearl Carpet of Baroda, 1865 /
"The Gown Affinity" by Jan Huling - A Beaded Wedding Gown Story
Young Gotipua Dancer, 2019, near Puri, Odisha, India / Photo by Dietmar Temps
Mardi Gras Indian Woman in Beaded Costume on Super Sunday, 2016 / Photo by Crystal Shelton
Trio of Beaded Kewpie Dolls by Jan Huling
Zulu Woman Wearing Beaded Regalia Outside Her Home in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Photo by Dallas & John Heaton
Two Beaded Brain Scans by Ruth Cuthand
"Butterfly Explosion" Bead Mosaic- by Sabrina Frey

"Rust Lotus" Necklace by Valerie Hector, 2002 / Photo by Larry Sanders Visual Images
Beaded Baby Carrier Panel, Dayak Peoples, Borneo, ca. 1900-1935
Sabine Lippert, Bead Artist & Bead Pattern Designer, Cologne, Germany

"Swallows" Brooch by Valerie Hector

Woman in Traditional Turquoise Headdress and Jewelry, Ladakh, India, 2018 / Photo by Michael Knitl
"Artillery Necklace" by David Chatt. Plastic Toy Soldiers and Glass Beads Stitched in Right Angle Weave.
Three-Eyed Flower Creature by Laura McCabe
"Story Stole" Necklace by Joyce J. Scott / Photo by Michael Koryta, Courtesy Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

"Bamiyan" Brooch by Valerie Hector, 2009

"Confetti" Series Necklace by Valerie Hector, Sterling Silver, 14 K Gold, Glass & Metal Beads

Beaded Necklaces on a Woman in Cuenca, Ecuador, 2023 / Photo by Ireneuke
Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panel, Borneo
"The Gathering," 1997, Portrait of Nez Perce Elders Against the Portland Skyline, by Choctaw Natioinal Artist Marcus Amerman. Collection of the Portland Art Museum

Man in Beaded Regalia at the 2019 Santa Ynez Chumash Inter Tribal Pow Wow, Santa Barbara, CA / Photo by Hanna Tor.
"Red Stinger" Beaded Necklace by David Chatt

Drummer Playing a Beaded Gourd at Kente Yam Festival in Ghana, West Africa / Photo: James Dalrymple

"Reversible Cantilevered Alhambra" Necklace by Valerie Hector
Chinese Glass Bead Curtain In Mao Zedong-Style Calligraphy, Ca. 1950s-1980s

Dayak Man in Beaded Regalia, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Borneo, 2024 / Photo by Salouw
Zulu Square Beaded Rope Necklaces by Valerie Hector / Photo by Larry Sanders Visual Images

Beadwork Historian Valerie Hector Examining Old Chinese Beaded Hair Ornaments in 2021
"Tuberculosis" and "Polio" Beaded Germs by Ruth Cuthand
Sabine Lippert - Beaded Sphere
Beaded Brooch, 2003, by Daniel Kruger of Turquoise Chips and Coral

Dancer at the David City Festival in Panama, March, 2023, Wearing a Headdress of Beaded Flowers. Photo by Alfredo Maiquez.
Haitian Beaded & Sequined Vodou Flag / Photo by Godong Photo
"Cherry Next" Beaded Necklace & Earrings by Mara Colecchia
Glass Beaded Bag Made in China for Export, Bearing Character "Ji" Meaning "Auspicious"

Bead Shop in Pushkar, India, 2017 / Photo by Saurav022
Beaded Rings by Art Jeweler Ulli Kaiser of the UK