Slide 1 Slide 1 (current slide) Slide 2 Slide 2 (current slide) Slide 3 Slide 3 (current slide) Slide 4 Slide 4 (current slide) 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 Msinga (Zulu) Beaded Wirework Eggs, Each Bearing the Name of the Woman Who Created It / Photo Copyright Valerie Hector "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 "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 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 Man in Beaded Regalia at the 2019 Santa Ynez Chumash Inter Tribal Pow Wow, Santa Barbara, CA / Photo by Hanna Tor. Beadwork Historian Valerie Hector Examining Old Chinese Beaded Hair Ornaments in 2021 Zulu Square Beaded Rope Necklaces by Valerie Hector / Photo by Larry Sanders Visual Images "Reversible Cantilevered Alhambra" Necklace by Valerie Hector Drummer Playing a Beaded Gourd at Kente Yam Festival in Ghana, West Africa / Photo: James Dalrymple 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 Sabine Lippert - Beaded Sphere 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