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Lot 320
Three Vintage Navajo Strands of Polished Red Glass Beads
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
1920s or earlier, 30 in., 14.5 in., 11 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.

No apparent condition concerns.