Gold ornaments, ivory, bone, ceramic-ware, clay figurines, trade beads, iron and copper artifacts are on permanent public display.

This created a high demand for trade beads in Africa.

An elaborate array of cowrie shells and trade beads is often suspended from the necklace.

Powder and shot in place of trade beads and cloth.

Upstairs, technical explanations detail the process for making murrine, the technique used in making Venetian trade beads.

The site was initially an Apalachicola village, indicated by graves, aboriginal pottery, trade beads, and other items.

In the mid-19th century, with the arrival of brightly colored trade beads on the Plains, the art of beadwork exploded.

Mr. Petty purchased many objects - slave shoes, trade beads, tambourines made from sticks and tin cans - all at low cost.

He had extensive experience in environmental impact research, trade beads, aboriginal burial customs, and the Columbia Basin area.

Everything on view is exquisitely made, often from valuable materials - cast gold in some cases, tiny glass "trade" beads in others.