Featured Original of silver disc beads? Tribal look.

Wondering who made these. Native American (Navajo?), North African, otherwise? Supposedly tested positive for silver.

 

Lovely, J. The style is Southwest Native American, is there a mark on the cones?

 

looks like a nice SW set !!

 

I have a necklace similar to that. I always have called them Navajo Pearls or Navajo Saucer Beads. I love them because you can wear them every day.

 

Gorgeous either way

 

Polish them up and wear them! I'd bet on Navajo too.

 

Thanks! I don’t own them yet but if i do get them you can be sure I’ll be checking . This is really all I have to go on until then.

 

They look like saucers for sure! Would these qualify as Navajo pearls technically? I always assumed that referred to the spherical beads you often see graduated. Maybe it crosses over to these too? I have no idea.

 

Technically since you can't identify the maker,they are SW.

 

True true. Anyone have an inclination on whether they look older or newer?

 

Just noticed my title misspelling. Whoops!

 

I have never seen Navajo bench beads strung this way,
with the soldered cones by the clasp. Maybe it's not NA.
Just sayin'

 

Always a good...( Smart ) move to tell us in advance that they're not yours.

 

Sometime in the last 60 years or so,they could have been made by hobbyist/students/snowbirds.etc. Here are some made in the last few weeks and they are NA made by Michael Anthony Cheatham,Echota Cherokee.

 

I thought that very odd too, and wondered if they just looked soldered but were in fact very tightly strung?
But even with separate cones, it is impossible to say if it is NA without a mark.

If you look at the lower part it looks like there is a gap between this cone and the bead next to it:

 

Photo of magazine article by Michael Anthony Cheatham showing directions to make the beads.

 

Yeh I usually try to be clear on this. Was alluding to it by saying “supposedly“ but I guess that doesn’t definitively point to one or the other. Anyways I now own them. Once I pick them up I’ll update here. Paid $85. Forgot to even check weight before buying, was just buying on potential resale value as jewelry which I figured was about double that probably. Turns out it’s scrap value is about $92, so pretty safe buy.

 

Nice beads and the clasp is a fun twist!