Lot Essay
A tag on the necklace from Dennson's Grade with inventory number and additional information.
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TWO PLAINS BONE ORNAMENTS AND A SOUTHWESTERN NECKLACE
The first ornament, composed of two rows of tubular bone "hairpipe" beads hung between bands of hide and brass beads, strung on hide with bells at bottom; the second ornament composed of a single row of tubular bone "hairpipe" beads alternating with black, blue-white, yellow-white and blue-red-white beads, attached at bottom a hide and bone pendant with blue ribbon and dyed yellow and red feather accents; the necklace probably Navajo, composed of two strands, one of shell alternating with turquoise and the other of red beads and turquoise, a black pendant at bottom
The first ornament: 21in. (53.3cm.); the second ornament: 19in. (48.2cm.); the necklace: 13in. (34.3cm.) long (3)
The first ornament, composed of two rows of tubular bone "hairpipe" beads hung between bands of hide and brass beads, strung on hide with bells at bottom; the second ornament composed of a single row of tubular bone "hairpipe" beads alternating with black, blue-white, yellow-white and blue-red-white beads, attached at bottom a hide and bone pendant with blue ribbon and dyed yellow and red feather accents; the necklace probably Navajo, composed of two strands, one of shell alternating with turquoise and the other of red beads and turquoise, a black pendant at bottom
The first ornament: 21in. (53.3cm.); the second ornament: 19in. (48.2cm.); the necklace: 13in. (34.3cm.) long (3)