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Nellie Two Bears Gates (Dakota: Maȟpíya Boǧáŋwiŋ, ca. 1854–1935) was a Native American artist whose beadwork depicted Yanktonai Dakota history and culture. [1] Beaded suitcases and valises that she gave as gifts are now part of art collections and exhibitions.
The technique has been used by Native Americans and in Africa, the Middle East and South America. Guatemalan examples use beads of size 22/0 and smaller. [1] This is an off-loom technique perfected by Native Americans. It is a relative of another off-loom technique called peyote stitch or gourd stitch. [2]
Example of Native American peyote stitch from Oklahoma. The peyote stitch, also known as the gourd stitch, is an off-loom bead weaving technique. Peyote stitch may be worked with either an even or an odd number of beads per row. Both even and odd count peyote pieces can be woven as flat strips, in a flat round shape, or as a tube.
Martha Berry was born in 1948 and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [4] She is a registered tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation. [4] Berry's grandmother and mother taught her how to sew and embroider at age five. [4]
Native beadwork continued to advance in the pre-Columbian era. Beads were made from hand-ground and filed turquoise, coral, and shell. Carved wood, animal bones, claws, and teeth were made into beads, which were then sewn onto clothing, or strung into necklaces. [6] [7] Turquoise is one of the dominant materials of Southwestern Native American ...
Jackie Larson Bread is a Native American beadwork artist from the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana. [1] Her interest in bead work was sparked from looking at her late-grandmother's beaded pieces. [2] In awe of these objects, Bread self-taught herself how to bead when she was younger and now, she has been beading for more than 20 years.
Laura Clark (center) with one of her children and her mom. Clark is half Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee from her mother’s side of the family. (Photo courtesy of Laura Clark) (Laura Clark)
Modern beaded flowers, yellow made in the French beading technique and pink in the Victorian beading technique. Today, beadwork is commonly practiced by jewelers, hobbyists, and contemporary artists; artists known for using beadwork as a medium include Liza Lou, Ran Hwang, Hew Locke, Jeffery Gibson, and Joyce J. Scott.