Traditional Antique Native North American Beaded Handmade Beadwork Beaded Belt

  

[8] During the 20th century the Plateau tribes, such as theNez Perce, perfected contour-style beadwork in which the lines of beads are stitched to emphasize the pictorial imagery. In the Great Lakes, Ursuline nuns introduced floral patterns to tribes who quickly applied them to beadwork.