Two Plains Indian necklaces North America one strung with dentalium shell

Two Plains Indian necklaces

North America

one strung with dentalium shell, blue, black and red glass beads with an oval haliotis shell pendant, with a hand written label BEASLEY COLLECTION, N.AMERICA PLAINS INDIANS 16-10-1933; the other with double straw colour glass tubes and red and blue glass beads. (2)

Provenance

The first - H.G.Beasley collection.

The Mrs N. Van Den Abbeele Collection, Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 May 2001, lot 414.