Description:

**Originally Listed At $500**

Native American, United States, ca. mid-18th to late 19th century CE. An ensemble of Native American trade items including glass beads, bone beads, clay pipes, agate beads, and copper bells. A necklace with glass trade beads boasts hues of blue, yellow, white, red, and green. A lengthy bovine bone tube is accompanied by 3 long and 9 short tubular bovine bone beads. Two hand-built clay pipes feature stylized human faces, and 5 Dutch clay pipe bodies show a variety of forms. A trio of white agate beads are semicircular in style, and a trio of copper bells still retain their original clappers. Size (necklace): 30.5" L x 0.5" W (77.5 cm x 1.3 cm); (largest pipe): 5.375" L x 1.1" W (13.7 cm x 2.8 cm); (Riker case): 12.125" L x 8.125" W (30.8 cm x 20.6 cm)

Provenance: private South Carolina, USA collection

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#171456

  • Condition: Clay pipes, longest bone tube, and copper bells have losses as shown. Nicks and abrasions to trade beads, clay pipes, and bells. Nice patina throughout. Necklace is wearable as shown and strung in modern times with beads from the stated period.

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