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Oregon Authors Project as a Collection Development Resource
Full text linkThe Oregon Authors Project is an online resource that provides information and resources about authors who call or have called Oregon their home. Not only does it feature new publications by local authors, but it also highlights authors who identify as BIPOC as well as LGBTQIA+ which can be very helpful in collection development for these communities. There are shockingly few resources that highlight these communities and even fewer that are Oregon-specific. The Oregon Authors Project seeks to change this by increasing the visibility of these writers. Ultimately, the Oregon Authors Project would like to become a crucial resource for libraries across Oregon and to the general public by identifying publications of local BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors
A Possible Beadmaker's Kit from North America's Lake Superior Copper District
Full text linkBeads of copper are amongst the oldest and most widespread ornaments known in North America. Native copper was an important material to prehistoric Americans, and certainly the most important metal. It was collected, transported and traded over wide areas as early as 7000 years before present, and its use for ornaments persisted until it was gradually replaced by European metals over the many years of the contact period. A recently discovered cache of copper beads, bead preforms, awls, a crescent knife and scraps of raw copper at site 20KE20 in northern Michigan offers insight into the process of copper-bead production in 5th-century North America
The Large Glass Beads of Leech Fibulae from Iron Age Necropoli in Northern Italy
Full text linkDuring the Iron Age, around 700 BC, artisans in northern Italy produced bronze bow fibulae decorated with large, elongated, leech-shaped glass beads. These extraordinary brooches, known only from women’s tombs, required special technical knowledge and skill to create. This article provides an overview of these adornments as well as insights into their production technology, chemical composition, and origin. The wide variety of these objects suggests the existence of several local glass workshops
Evoking the Aso': Dayak Beaded Baby Carrier Panels with Dragon-Dog Motifs
Full text linkAlthough fairly well known, beaded baby carriers made by the Dayak peoples of Borneo have not been well studied. This paper focuses on one element of carrier decoration: the square or rectangular bead-plaited or -woven panels known as aban or tāp hawat in Dayak languages. Designed by men, beaded by women, aban harness spiritual power, deploying talismanic motifs that help protect a child’s body and soul from harm in the vulnerable first few years of life. One of the most potent motifs is the aso’ or dragon-dog, an imaginary creature of the watery underworld, feminine in nature, a goddess-like being the Dayak depict in many media besides beads. Analyzing eleven aban dating to ca. 1896-1965, nine of which are previously unpublished, we trace the guises aso’ assume, witnessing impressive artistic achievements while posing questions for further research
Pumtek–An Introductory Report Upon an Unusual Class of Decorated Stone Beads
Full text linkPumtek–An Introductory Report Upon An Unusual Class Of Decorated Stone Beads, By Jamey D. Allen (1986, 9:6-13
Venetian Glass Bead Production in the First Half of the 19th Century: Research at the Venetian National Archives
Full text linkVenetian Glass Bead Production In The First Half Of The 19Th Century: Research At The Venetian National Archives, By Alessia Bonannini (1999, 34:9-18
A Note on the Neutron Activation Analysis of 16th- and 17th-century Blue Glass Trade Beads from the Eastern Great Lakes
Full text linkA Note On The Neutron Activation Analysis Of 16Th- And 17Th-Century Blue Glass Trade Beads From The Eastern Great Lakes, By Anne Chafe, Ron Hancock, And Ian Kenyon (1986, 9:13-18
Pre-Columbian Tairona Tinklers
Full text linkPre-Columbian Tairona Tinklers, By Ellen M. Fitzsimmons (1993, 23:11-14