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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quirkygirl, post: 333549, member: 106&quot;]Recent thrift store find, wearable and @$18, I wouldn&#039;t mind if it&#039;s not NA ... I&#039;m now hesitant to call anything NA without evidence to back up that attribution ... but this certainly looks like it could be .... </p><p><br /></p><p>Any guesses to origin? (if NA, I would say Navajo)</p><p>Guesses to age?</p><p>Guesses to type of turquoise?</p><p><br /></p><p>Almost 56 grams and just over 1¾&quot; (3.2cm) wide.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only &#039;marks&#039; on back are two (or three) parallel lines and maybe another faint line perpendicular to these.</p><p><br /></p><p>The black matrix looks like it has been darkened, which I&#039;ve heard was a &#039;thing&#039; sometimes done&nbsp; ... except for a few spots that look like quartz?</p><p><br /></p><p>The piece of silver on which the leaves, flowers, etc... have been placed has what I would call a stippled finish (but there may be a more correct term for this texture) I&#039;ve never noticed on other Navajo pieces.&nbsp; But, frankly, I don&#039;t usually like the leafy/flowery/nugget-y Navajo work ... so I never inspect them too closely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]111706[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111707[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111708[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111709[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111710[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111712[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111715[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111717[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]111719[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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