Vintage Navajo Coral and Jade Strand

1920s or earlier, individual green jade discoidal beads are interspersed at regular intervals among stacks of tubular orange coral beads; the necklace is secured with a period 12K gold clasp.

94 in.

Private North Carolina Collection

From the collection of Mrs. Harriet Nottingham, an Ohio missionary serving the Navajos of Shiprock, New Mexico in the 1920s. Tribal members presented her with the artifacts here as a farewell gesture of thanks and goodwill upon her departure from the reservation.

Good estate condition with no apparent concerns.