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Trade Beads (WHMI 7001) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Trade Beads (WHMI 7001) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

7. Indigenous peoples of the Columbia Plateau region began trading European glass beads in the late 18th century. During the first half of the 19th century, the Hudson’s Bay Company and other trading companies ... More

Glass Bead (FOUS 38463) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Glass Bead (FOUS 38463) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Greenish-Blue, ellipsoidal, furnace-wound and shaped bead with inlaid complex twisted spiral stripe. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post ... More

Glass Bead (FOUS 39615) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Glass Bead (FOUS 39615) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Very light brownish-yellow, furnace wound and shaped glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, “a furnace-w... More

Glass Bead (FOUS 35507) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Glass Bead (FOUS 35507) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

White, cylindrical shaped, undecorated, hand-drawn glass bead with chopped ends. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Si... More

Glass Beads (FOUS 38667) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Glass Beads (FOUS 38667) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

White on gray polychrome (2-layered), cylindrical, hot-tumbled drawn glass beads with inlaid stripes. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post... More

Glass Beads (FOUS 36315) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Glass Beads (FOUS 36315) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Purplish-red, cylindrical, undecorated, hand-drawn glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, “these beads a... More

Glass Bead (FOUS 39311) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Glass Bead (FOUS 39311) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Very light yellowish-brown, lampworked drawn glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, "beads of this class... More

Glass Bead (FOUS 83629) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Glass Bead (FOUS 83629) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

A lamp-wound shaped glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, “lamp-wound beads were manufacture by wrappin... More

Trade Beads, Index of American Design

Trade Beads, Index of American Design

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Trade Beads - GRPO 350 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Trade Beads - GRPO 350 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Ninety-three assorted trade beads strung together after being recovered during archeological surveys of the Grand Portage depot area in 1970. White pound beads are the dominant type depicted here, along with tu... More