What a delightful day, visiting beautiful Balboa Park in San Diego on a gorgeous spring day! What could be better? Birds singing, children playing, artists sharing smiles...visitors visiting from every part of the country and the world. Some, like us, curious about the new "Beads" exhibit that just opened at the Mingei Museum. Here are some images of their newly established bead room - with large Timeline History of Beads, a great, heavily beaded Yoruba King's jacket from Africa, Chinese Court necklaces and Ojime...prayer beads....ancient Egyptian faience...Huichol bead artistry... I hope you enjoy!