Santo Domingo depression era turquoise inlay necklace with Thunderbird pendant

This necklace is from an estate sale and was originally purchased in the 1930's on a trip through New Mexico.

It has a Thunderbird pendant with Turquoise inlay that measures approx. 1 ¼” wide by 2" tall. It also has 8 tabs, 6 of which also have turquoise, white, and black inlay, with two plain black tabs.

During the depression when materials were hard to come by they used whatever material was at hand. Often the Black was made from auto battery casing or vinyl records, the White was often plastic spoons or gypsum and the Red was also plastic ware. Both the red and white on this piece seem to be plastic.

There are 5 tan beads spacing each tab with 26 on each strand above for a total of 102 beads which are from some type of bone, most probably the leg bones of a bird.

It has been restrung on plastic line so is not on its original string. It has some areas that are a bit dirty with age, so could use a professional cleaning. The inlay is delicate so it will be sold with all patina so the buyer can decide to clean or keep as it is. I can find no pieces missing on any of the tabs or Thunderbird pendant.