{"id":787,"date":"2015-10-03T18:25:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T18:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/site\/?p=787"},"modified":"2024-09-21T17:28:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T17:28:39","slug":"bead-quillwork-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/bead-quillwork-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Bead &#038; Quillwork Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" alt=\"National Cowboy &amp; Western Heritage Museum ( Oklahoma City ). 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City ). Lakota saddle cover ( ca. 1920 ) - Crazy Crow Trading Post\" title=\"National Cowboy &#038; Western Heritage Museum ( Oklahoma City ). Lakota saddle cover ( ca. 1920 )\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/NCWHM-Lakota-Saddle-Cover-wikicom-1400x800-1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-43452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/NCWHM-Lakota-Saddle-Cover-wikicom-1400x800-1-200x114.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/NCWHM-Lakota-Saddle-Cover-wikicom-1400x800-1-400x229.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/NCWHM-Lakota-Saddle-Cover-wikicom-1400x800-1-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/NCWHM-Lakota-Saddle-Cover-wikicom-1400x800-1-800x457.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/NCWHM-Lakota-Saddle-Cover-wikicom-1400x800-1-1200x686.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/NCWHM-Lakota-Saddle-Cover-wikicom-1400x800-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div class=\"rating-container\" align=\"right\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center; 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margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center; font-size: 36px;\">American Indian Beading &amp; Quillwork\u00a0Articles<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px;\">Credit Above Photo: <a class=\"blueUL\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:NCWHM_-_Lakota_Saddle_Cover.jpg\">Wolfgang Sauber<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h1 style=\"margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center; font-size: 32px;\">American Indian Beading &amp; Quillwork\u00a0Articles<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px;\">Credit Above Photo: <a class=\"blueUL\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lakota_pipe_bag_AIC_03.jpg\">Noahedits<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>Crazy Crow Trading Post offers many articles, both of original research and republications (with permission) on topics concerning making American Indian style beadwork or porcupine quillwork that you would find or use at a rendezvous or historic reenactment or powwow. Articles include: The Venetian Bead Story by Peter Francis Jr, Bone Hairpipe History: From Shell to Bone, Trade Bead Migration into North America, Seed Bead History and Use by Native American Tribes, Porcupine Quillwork Craft Focus, Native American Tribal Bead Color Preference, Seed Beads &amp; Pony Beads \u2013 Mix or Match?, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-1 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 fusion-recent-posts-center\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--h4_typography-font-size:16px;--h4_typography-line-height:133%;\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/history-of-silver-and-gold-heishi-in-southwestern-native-american-jewelry\/\" aria-label=\"History of Silver &#038; Gold Heishi in Southwestern Native American Jewelry\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cctp-history-of-silver-and-gold-heishi-01-1400x800-1-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts\" alt=\"History of Silver &amp; Gold Heishi in Southwestern Native American Jewelry - Crazy Crow Trading Post\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cctp-history-of-silver-and-gold-heishi-01-1400x800-1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cctp-history-of-silver-and-gold-heishi-01-1400x800-1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/author\/crazycrow\/\" title=\"Posts by crazycrow\" rel=\"author\">crazycrow<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-03-01T16:31:45+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crazycrow.com\/site\/history-of-silver-and-gold-heishi-in-southwestern-native-american-jewelry\/\">History of Silver &#038; 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margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center; font-size: 32px;\">Current Crow Calls Sale<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000; font-size: 18px;\">March \u2013 April<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #000;\">SAVE 10%-25% on on popular powwow, rendezvous, historic reenactor, bead &amp; leather crafter supplies. 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