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Article Title

Eighteenth-Century North American Firearms Decorated with Inlaid Glass Beads

Authors

Karlis Karklins

First Page

60

ISSN

0843-5499

Last Page

64

Abstract

Over the millennia, glass beads have been used to ornament a wide array of objects. A rare application in the 18th century was their use to personalize and adorn firearms used on the North American continent. Only four examples have been encountered so far.

Publisher Information

The Society of Bead Researchers is a non-profit scientific-educational corporation founded in 1981 to foster historical, archaeological, and material cultural research on beads and beadwork of all materials and periods, and to expedite the dissemination of the resultant knowledge. Membership is open to all persons involved in the study of beads, as well as those interested in keeping abreast of current trends in bead research.

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