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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 254416, member: 2844&quot;]Quirky, they are gorgeous. And yes, it looks like the cabochons were mounted upside down.</p><p>I have been looking a bit more at the Zuni style of my ring, your earrings are the same style, and have found out that my associative idea of Dishta wasn&#039;t far off. This style is considered to be part of the Dishta style. Until now I only thought the typical Dishta flush inlay was Dishta style.</p><p>Here are some examples, none of the old ones are signed of course, but attributed to a member of the Dishta family. Happily, no proof of Native manufacture was no reason to throw them on the scrapheap.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Flush inlay earrings by Frank Dishta, the initiator of the style, not signed. My Frank Dishta cuff links (which I can&#039;t find right now) have the same kind of inlay.</p><p><img src="http://savvycollector.com/product_images/image/image_file/4135/medium_Dishta_triple_pendant_earrings.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://savvycollector.com/products/2670-triple-tier-turquoise-pendant-earrings-with-locking-ear-wires-by-frank-dishta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://savvycollector.com/products/2670-triple-tier-turquoise-pendant-earrings-with-locking-ear-wires-by-frank-dishta" rel="nofollow">http://savvycollector.com/products/2670-triple-tier-turquoise-pendant-earrings-with-locking-ear-wires-by-frank-dishta</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My own Dishta baby bracelet, confirmed, and likely to be by Frank:</p><p><img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/134/0/12493723/il_570xN.957514466_6xr8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Signed 1950s Robert Dishta earrings (the Robert Dishta ring above is also signed)</p><p><img src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/125/0/12092697/il_570xN.1086808929_tedv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/464166380/zuni-snake-eye-turquoise-earrings-dishta?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=dishta&amp;ref=sr_gallery_8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/464166380/zuni-snake-eye-turquoise-earrings-dishta?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=dishta&amp;ref=sr_gallery_8" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/464166380/zuni-snake-eye-turquoise-earrings-dishta?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=dishta&amp;ref=sr_gallery_8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This listing refers to &quot;Vintage turquoise Zuni ring characteristic of Dishta styling&quot;.</p><p><img src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/164/0/5443674/il_570xN.1075726926_1mkp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/476308372/vintage-turquoise-silver-zuni-dishta?ref=market" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/476308372/vintage-turquoise-silver-zuni-dishta?ref=market" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/476308372/vintage-turquoise-silver-zuni-dishta?ref=market</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Whoever made my ring, I wasn&#039;t wrong in calling it Zuni style. Otherwise I wouldn&#039;t have done so, of course. I was careful in calling it Zuni style, and not Zuni. Just like I was careful in calling a bracelet Navajo style a while ago. As far as I understand the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, that is the correct term, even if it was made by an individual of combined white, black, brown, Asian ancestry. The object of the act was to distinguish between Native made and Native style. They did, of course, strip pre-Act Native items of their identity. That, along with the fact that there is no quality control, and other oversights, makes it a very rickety act imho. They could have looked at organisations like the Hopi Arts and Crafts Silvercraft Cooperative Guild. But I&#039;m probably too European to understand.</p><p>But whatever we think of the ring or its origins, we can at least give credit to the Zuni for developing the style. Although the famous Zuni silversmithing tradition was started by a non-Native American of Scottish descent (Wallace, a Scottish family of Norman origin<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" />).</p><p>If anyone else ever objects to older jewellery being called Zuni style, I may have to start calling it Scottish American style.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It would be interesting to see the reactions.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, if anyone is embarassed by owning unsigned Native style jewellery, I would be more than willing to take it off their hands.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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