Navajo Pearls Silver Bead Necklace

STORYLINE; in early railroad days, fine ladies from far distant lands came to the great Western Indianlands. Even though it was a wild and wooly place, the rail coaches provided a sense of security, courtesy of the vaunted Fred Harvey Company.
In the Victorian age of railways, these traveling ladies often wore pearls which caught the eye of Indian silver artisans. In the process of recreating pearl in silver beads, the term “”Navajo Pearls” evolved. From that day to this, Native silver workers have made neckwear in the pearl image.
This set of beads are authentic Navajo/Dine’. About 19” in length, saucer beads in 14mm and 17mm, oxidized and brush polished. Sterling tag and handmade hook and eye.