African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment . by John Pemberton III , Northampton MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 2008. 224 pp., 170 color illustrations, 27 b/w or sepia illustrations, maps, bibliography. $40.00 cloth; African Beads: Jewels of a Continent . by Evelyn Simak and Carl Dreibelbis with an Introduction by Lois Sherr Dubin, Denver: Africa Direct. 2010. 216 pp., 163 color illustrations, bibliography, index. $70.00 cloth