2 Fur Trade collectible items. 1st item: Silver trading gorget engraved with turtle and tree of life pattern, unsigned, with strand of red white-heart beads. 3-1/2" x 2-5/8" gorget, 24" L beads. Possibly early 19th century. 2nd item: strand of green white-heart trade beads, 24"L, with 5 beads forming a pendant drop. Tag accompanying the second group of beads states that they were found near the old French Fort and trading post Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois, on the Mississippi River. 19th century or earlier. CONDITION: Stringing likely not original, wear and some cracking to beads.