In the late 1990s, Megan Smetzer was an art history graduate student at Williams College in Massachusetts who hadn’t yet settled on a topic for her thesis. Having grown up in Fairbanks, she was ...

Introduction: why a book on beads -- The beginnings -- Antiquity: from Neolithic times to the Roman Empire -- Europe: the late Roman Empire to the Renaissance -- Prayer beads -- The world of Islam -- ...

Founded by a passion for craftsmanship, Faraj Inc. began in the historic heart of Damascus, Syria, in 1920, and was brought to life under the skilled hands of Duraiah and Saleh Faraj. Spanning more ...

Although it has always been an element of culture in the African custom, today, many more people have fallen in love with the idea of having it on or having someone they love wearing them. Waist beads ...