Featured Original of silver disc beads? Tribal look.

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  1. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    B5957BAF-91FB-45AB-812C-09E6C4E12CAE.jpeg B3F55105-3C2D-4AA9-9C7A-12A4EEEAFCDA.jpeg Wondering who made these. Native American (Navajo?), North African, otherwise? Supposedly tested positive for silver.
     
  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    looks like a nice SW set !!
     
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  4. NewEngland

    NewEngland Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  5. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    Gorgeous either way
     
  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

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

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  8. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    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. :)
     
  9. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

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

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

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

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Just noticed my title misspelling. Whoops!
     
  12. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

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

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Always a good...( Smart ) move to tell us in advance that they're not yours.
    ;):meh:
     
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  14. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    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.

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  15. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I thought that very odd too, and wondered if they just looked soldered but were in fact very tightly strung?:confused:
    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:

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  16. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

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

    bead instruction.jpg
     
  17. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  18. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Nice beads and the clasp is a fun twist!
     
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