Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Ni'ihau Shell Bead Lei From Hawaii
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Formed in 1989, the Bead Society of Great Britain is open to all who appreciate beads; how they're made, how to use them, and their history. linktr.ee/beadsocietygb #BeadSocietyGB
![Image 1: Angijukuluga Olluriaq Manning wearing an amauti with the beadwork done by her father Peter Pitseolak. Photo: Dr. John Murie | Image 2: Portrait of photographer Aggeok Pitseolak ~ (Inuk) ~ Cape Dorset, Nunavut c1948. Amauti sewn for her by husband and photographer Peter Pitseolak.
Photo: Peter Pitseolak or possibly self portrait by Aggeok.
[CMoH][C: Janet Murie]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q244pe3ifdjhgp4vbhjx7cmq/bafkreieccwh4ud4qzwgodmuyniclnza4p6ts54n7npbbb3pdeu4butcerq)
![Image 1: Angijukuluga Olluriaq Manning wearing an amauti with the beadwork done by her father Peter Pitseolak. Photo: Dr. John Murie | Image 2: Portrait of photographer Aggeok Pitseolak ~ (Inuk) ~ Cape Dorset, Nunavut c1948. Amauti sewn for her by husband and photographer Peter Pitseolak.
Photo: Peter Pitseolak or possibly self portrait by Aggeok.
[CMoH][C: Janet Murie]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q244pe3ifdjhgp4vbhjx7cmq/bafkreihweckcdnqtdmqsbujqudbb6bi7qeujvn52j7gikzplvz52hnhini)
![Glass beads were first imported to eastern Central Africa in the 19th century, and Tutsi artisans quickly developed expertise in making decorative beaded objects, including jewelry and regalia. This staff features spiraling lines, zigzags, and triangles; the netted beadwork tightly binds together the wooden pieces that make up each staff’s inner core. Such luxury items were popular among the Tutsi elite in the early to mid-20th century. Members of the Tutsi royal family presented these staffs to a United Nations official who supervised the 1962 referendum for independence during which Ruanda-Urundi became the separate nations of Rwanda and Burundi. [See also 2000.499].
Gift of Shifferaw Zelleke](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6kg6a55n56myfeiqhqn74vfv/bafkreig6fmnr2vntqjax6srpwp4fy6p72kup2oqvlps7bpl3cz5a7wsf6a)
