Strand of Graduated Silver Beads
Navajo
- Savvy Price $975.00
- Gallery Price $1,200.00
- Title
- Strand of Graduated Silver Beads
- Artist
- Navajo
- Medium
- Ingot sterling silver
- Troy ounces
- 3.48 troy ounces
- Size
- Overall length is 25 1/2" including the clasp. Beads range in size from 3/4" (20mm) in diameter to 3/8" (10mm) in diameter.
- Date of creation
- Circa 1935
- Condition
- Excellent
- Description
- Ingot silver was used throughout this necklace. Rolled into sheet of substantial gauge, this material was domed using different sized sets of male and female dies to produce the varied diameters of beads. These domes are pierced and soldered together--producing an orb with girdling seam that is then smoothed with files and sand, than polished.
- Design
- 33 beads have stamped decorations on each half. There are a total of 59 beads. Clasp is made of drawn wire.
- Provenance
- KW
- Gram weight
- 107.9 grams
- About The Strand of Graduated Silver Beads
This excellent strand of graduated "Navajo pearls" has seen some good times.
They are well worn and were treasured through four (4) generations in a single family.
Now they are ready for new adventures with someone who loves the whisper soft glow of silver with memories.
- About Navajo
- "Dineh or Diné are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. They are the second largest federally recognized tribe in the United States with over 300,000 enrolled tribal members as of 2015. The Navajo reservation occupies over 27,000 square miles of land in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Navajo language is spoken throughout the reservation with most Navajos speaking English as well." excerpted from Wikipedia
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