Job Description:

• 1) Sews beads and other ornaments to leather articles, such as belts, purses, and moccasins, to form decorative designs: Draws original design on paper or executes design by threading beads together on hand loom.

• 2) Stitches beads individually or in clumps onto leather article to transfer from drawing or loom.

• 3) May prepare deerskin or other hide for beading by rubbing with stones to soften leather.

• 4) May stitch materials, such as bird claws, feathers, and animal teeth, to leather to form contrasting design.

• 5) May prepare dyes for coloring materials from berries or other natural substances, according to shade desired and knowledge of dye properties of available materials.

• 6) May prepare thread from leather sinews for attaching ornaments.