Glass beads the size of blueberries found by archaeologists in a Brooks Range house-pit might be the first European item ever to arrive in North America, predating the arrival of Columbus by a few ...

Perline di conteria, or seed beads, were produced in Murano from the 15th century and became a coveted currency for Venice’s global trade in the centuries that followed. Artist Kapwani Kiwanga ...

These beautiful,heavy,red glass beads came from the Monument Valley Navajo Trading Post in Arizona but were originally made in Venice, Italy in the 1800's. For me, they are a tangible link with many ...

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FAIRBANKS, ALASKA—According to a Gizmodo report, ten blue glass beads crafted in Venice, Italy, in the mid-to-late fifteenth century have been found at three different pre-Columbian sites in northern ...

Artist Kapwani Kiwanga has covered the Canada Pavilion at the Venice Biennale with tiny glass beads – millions and millions of them. In the interior, tightly spaced strands colour the walls from top ...

John and Ruth Picard have established a successful mail-order business in glass trade beads. The California-based couple are known for their high quality color catalogs of beads, which "set the ...