Beaded art inspired by traditional Southeastern Woodlands Native American Indian beadwork. Mrs. Berry creates bandolier bags, moccasins, belts, sashes, small purses and knee bands, in the styles worn by the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, prior to 1850. Also, framed sun circles are offered exclusively through the All Things Cherokee gallery
TO PURCHASE BEADWORK, please contact Mrs. Berry by e-mail.
To order patterns and how-to instructions for making Southeastern Woodlands beadwork, click here and order online. We offer patterns for traditional bandolier bags, sashes, belts, three styles of moccasins and small purses.
Also available are high-quality notecards and refrigerator magnets featuring Mrs. Berry's work. To order online, click here.
Display mounts for bandolier bags are also available.
"Those who are at the forefront of teaching our culture are our artists and crafts people. People like Martha Berry, Lena Blackbird, Anna Mitchell, Knokovtee Scott, Bill Glass, Talmadge Davis, Mary Adair, and many others memorialize and teach our culture and traditional arts. But as each of them know and would tell you, their Cherokee projects must be historically accurate and culturally true; otherwise, they have compromised the value of their work."
- Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chadwick "Corntassel" Smith, from "Let Us Build One Fire," 2002 State of the Nation Report
Please e-mail Mrs. Berry if you wish to purchase beadwork.
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