Beautiful old trade beads
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Beads as Wholesale jewelry trade in goods flow between mainland Europe, Asia and Africa began in the prehistoric
Because it is easy to see and easy to carry the flow of love
But now the so-called Western academic trade beads is a proper noun
Specifically from the 17th century or earlier when the expansion of the European colonial period
Central Asia, the Near East from Europe and other countries back to the production of a large number of non-west
Ivory gold slaves for the exchange of commodities such as olive oil from the rest
I am sorry in my eyes is not a slave I only make it more convenient to speak of goods
These beads in Africa for centuries Europeans need a lot of the items
With the trade of these tradable goods and the way changes in social background
European trade beads to terminate the production and trafficking
In fact, traffickers are borne by the Arab businessmen will be referred to the back
40 of this century or the beginning of the 5039s
The beginning of a number of European businessmen in West Africa centuries ago to buy the trade beads here
Traders returned to Europe because there is including the United States the rise of the collection of old beads decorations, especially the boom
People used to call these beads Trade beads
I would like to specifically talk about these beads
Because of the recent years, the Central Asian Muslim merchants began to trade these things in China
There are many people among us have seen such things and even bought
However, due to less relevant information
It is not clear what it is they come from the production and circulation of experiences during
I wish I collected data will help understanding of share
In addition to talking about
On the domestic as jade beads are a client just because a similar nature related to the material
Art history as our original art has been a client
And discipline in the West it is part of the history of art history and aesthetics and even cross -
Western tradition is the jewelry so the positioning of their beads as decorations of a branch of research topics
I personally think that the more scientific approach to the West
But I also believe that in ancient China as a small decorative theme of a special study of the rise in the future
Perhaps they should not ignore the value of freshwater pearls the not referring to economic interests
University of Bergen, Norway said Dr.
Beads is a serious tradition of social goods, the adoption of these items,
Owner can confirm the gender, age, social status, as well as national.
He is no exaggeration to say
I have been a number of collections in batches to get the beads and then strung into jewelry, a very cultural foundation la, ha ha, I like