Native Beadwork assignment

 Native American bead work is loved and well known for its beauty.A key concept involved in the Native American's bead work is mathematics like geometry for example. The designs shown in the bead work  show four fold symmetry. A lot of times, you will be able to find reflection symmetry in these designs too. In four fold symmetry, the images that were displayed all had rotational symmetry as well and included colorful geometric shapes. The left side was also identical to the right side. The next page of the site, tells us more about reflection symmetry. Reflection symmetry is when you can divide a picture down the middle either horizontally or vertically, and see two mirror images on both sides of the middle. Four base counting is something used in the Native American culture. An example is how a tee pee is made with four base poles. Navajo sand painting also display many types of symmetry. Yupik parka decoration uses reflection symmetry. The Eskimos use their belly button point as an origin and have the same images on each side. One last example of how they used symmetry was in their bead looming which is much like the Cartesian coordinate system. Bead work was created before the Europeans arrived in America. Bead work was used to show history and depict images of events. They can also record messages. Lots of hard work goes into creating bead work and other things with symmetry.