Black beaded hanging pendant necklace

necklace

Necklace; Black beaded hanging pendant necklace; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); grouping of two long black strands of beads, connected by wire loops (2 large round beads, 4 medium round beads, 1 teardrop bead [most likely were two, but one broke] and 36 small beads), strands have beaded loops at the top connected to each other by wire.