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Bibliography -Jewelry

This portion of my bibliography is dedicated to books on jewelry, both history and construction. There are many ethnographic exhibition catalogs that feature sections on jewelry alongside discussions of textiles and household arts. Make sure to check in the sections on both Middle Eastern Arts and Culture and Textiles and Costumes.

Andrews, Carol. Amulets of Ancient Egypt. University of Texas Press: Austin 1994.

Andrews, Carol. Ancient Egyptian Jewelry. Harry N. Abrams: New York 1990.

Beck, Horace. Classification and Nomenclature of Beads and Pendants. George Shumway Publisher: York PA 1981.

Borel, France and John Bigelow Taylor. The Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry.Harry N. Abrams: New York 1994.

Butor, Michel. Ethnic Jewelry: Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Rizzoli: New York 1994.

Boyer, Martha Haensen and Ida Nicolaisen. Mongol Jewelry. Thames and Hudson: London 1995.

Coles, Janet. The Book of Beads. Simon and Schuster: New York 1990.

D'Orey, Leonor. Five Centuries of Jewellery. Scala Books: Lisbon 1996.

Dubin, Lois Sherr. The History of Beads: From 30,000 B.C. to the Present. H. N. Abrams: New York 1987.

Evens, Joan. A History of Jewellery, 11001870. Dover: New York 1970.

Fisher, Angela. Africa Adorned. Harry N. Abrams: New York 1984.

Hasson, Rachel. Early Islamic Jewellery. Institute for Islamic Art: Jerusalem 1987.

Hasson, Rachel. Later Islamic Jewellery. Institute for Islamic Art: Jerusalem 1987.

Higgens, Reynold. Greek and Roman Jewellery. Methuen and Co. LTD.: London 1980.

Islamic Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York 1983.

Mack, John. Ethnic Jewelry. Harry N. Abrams: New York 1988.

Meilach, Dona Z. Ethnic Jewelry: Design & Inspiration for Collectors and Craftsmen. Crown Publishers: New York 1981.

Nigam, M. L. Indian Jewellery. Tiger Books International: Twickenham, UK 1999.

Ross, Calyer Heather. The Art of Bedouin Jewellery, A Saudi Arabian Profile. Arabesque: Frisbourg, Switzerland 1981.

Tait, Hugh. Jewelry, 7,000 Years. Abradale Press: New York 1991.

Untracht, Oppi. Traditional Jewelry of India. Harry N. Abrams: New York 1997.

Woodson, Yoko et al. Beauty Wealth and Power: Jewls and Ornaments of Asia. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: San Francisco 1992.