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By: Carolyn L. White, University of Nevada, Reno
Price: $51.95
Publisher: AltaMira Press: Sep 2005
Seller ID: 105898
ISBN: 0759105898
Condition: 160 pages, Over 100 illustrations and tables., paperback, AltaMira Press
Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, registrars, historians, archaeologists, or collectors identify this class of objects from colonial and early republican America. Carolyn L. White helps the reader understand and interpret these artifacts, discussing their source, manufacture, materials, function, and value in early American life. Sh... View more info
