Boy's vest, Central Plains, USA, 1850-1900, leather, cotton, glass beads - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - DSC00318

Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them onto a thread or thin wire with a sewing or beading needle or sewing them to cloth. Beads are produced in a diverse range of materials, shapes, and sizes, and vary by the kind of art produced. Most often, beadwork is a form of personal adornment, but it also commonly makes up other artworks.