Long Strand of 89 Hand-made Silver "Navajo pearls"

Hand crank mill-rolled ingot silver was used to fabricate each bead from two halves.  Each hemisphere was created with a male female hand-cut steel die, pierced, then soldered together.  A girdle seam forms at this solder area and is filed down in the finishing process.

Thes beads have a pronounced seam in which the heavy gauge of the silver sheet is visible.  These beads are extraordinary in that they are twice the weight of comparable beads of that period and size.  The prominent seams resemble the girdling on baroque pearls.  That, the rustic finish, of round shape and surface texture contribute to their reference as "Navajo Pearls"  These otherwise undecorated beauties are strung on a foxtail wheat chain, secured to a hand-made ingot wire hook and eye, with wire wraps of the same material.

Like pearls, this single strand of silver "pearls" can be worn long or twice around the neck as an interesting choker--to go with everything and every mood.

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