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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lee45, post: 3357678, member: 18016&quot;]The beads look authentic.&nbsp; Look at the holes.&nbsp; If they are pump drilled ( at least one side will show sort of a funnel shaped start to the hole) as opposed to machine drilled (which is&nbsp; normally straight and sharp edged), they probably date from no later than the 1950s.&nbsp; The necklace could easily be restring to balance the turquoise tabs better with the turquoise heishi in between the shell heishi instead of all at one side.&nbsp; As far as any dating by thread on these necklaces, it really makes no sense unless you are looking at something from an archeological dig.&nbsp; Thread wears out and it would be foolish not to restring a necklace you want to wear.&nbsp; If the necklace is too short to wear using a Navajo/Pueblo style silver clasp, you can lengthen it by doing the string longer and wrapping the thread around it for the length you want.&nbsp; It does appear to be a necklace section that the finder just restrung to keep the beads together.&nbsp; They call the wrap at the neck a squaw wrap, but squaw is considered a pejorative now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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