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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 74668, member: 45&quot;]Point is, an authentic Navajo piece would never be marked &quot;Mexico&quot;, the Navajo Nation is in Arizona.&nbsp; I&#039;m not saying it is marked Mexico, I can&#039;t read what it says.&nbsp; Which may be intentional.&nbsp; Fake Native American jewelry, with its deceptive stamping, has been a huge problem for years.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But this piece isn&#039;t marked &quot;Navajo&quot;, either.&nbsp; And I have never seen Navajo jewelry marked with &quot;980&quot;.&nbsp; Navajo jewelry makers avoid stamping with numbers like 925 or 980 because they are associated with Mexican jewelry which is often passed off as Native American.&nbsp; And even though it (supposedly) is a high grade of silver, the work on the bracelet is mediocre at best, and looks nothing like Navajo, except that it is silver and turquoise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind, the initials may not be those of the maker.&nbsp; If it is Mexican, since 1980 they have used a system where the first letter refers to the city where it was made, and the second is the first letter of the maker&#039;s surname.&nbsp; It replaced the older Mexican eagle stamp system.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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