FUN WITH AFRICAN BEADS: A Book and Kit

E. Bigham & J. Coles

British Museum Press, London, UK

Year 1999

Pages 59

Terrific ornaments of beads from African countries and their social functions are the subject of this book. It comes with a craft kit with enough beads to make 10 bead designs. The book explains the various symbolic meanings of bead ornaments. They may symbolize prestige, status, positions, power and so on. The many pictures in the book, gatherings of people, their ornaments like hats, masquerades, drinking horns, dress and jewelry, thrones, swords and several other items are described fully with color pictures.