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Long strand of French blue-and-white trade beads, ca. 1750, found at a Creek Indian site in Alabama.

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Long strand of French blue-and-white trade beads, ca. 1750, found at a Creek Indian site in Alabama.
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Long strand of French blue-and-white trade beads, ca. 1750, found at a Creek Indian site in Alabama. 97 grams, 27" long, the case 6-1/4" x 8-1/4". Tiny beads, strung in pairs of colors (two blue then two white, etc.), all the beads intact, interesting old provenance. Found in 1934 in Elmore City, Alabama, at a Creek Indian site by Peter Brannon (later the director of the Archives in Montgomery), and housed in a glass-top "Riker" case.