brooklynmuseum: Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our Arts of the Americas collection, curr
brooklynmuseum: Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our Arts of the Americas collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.In the Americas, greater access to glass trade beads enabled women to cover entire surfaces of clothing, bags, and furnishings for their families with colorful, intricate beaded designs. Native women eagerly adopted beads as decorative embellishments because of the vast array of colors and greater convenience. The vivid blue seed beads adorning these Salish or Kootenai child’s moccasins are made of glass colored with cobalt blue. Salish or Kootenai artist (Native American). Pair of Child’s Moccasins, 1885-1895. Montana. Smoked hide, beads, cut steel beads. Brooklyn Museum -- source link
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