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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 515172, member: 2844&quot;]Nothing dumb about asking questions.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faux amber can be made from anything, from bakelite to melted old plastic buckets. The last method is used a lot in Moroccan villages, and the beads are sought after by collectors of ethnic jewellery. Bakelite &#039;amber&#039; is very collectible and quite expensive. I have a necklace of Tibetan handmade faux amber, but I have no idea what it was made of.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hill silver or Hill Tribe silver is high grade silver made by the Hill Tribes of Thailand through a government funded program to advance the economic situation of the Thai Hill Tribes. Their silver is often .950, so a higher silver content than sterling.</p><p>Your beads are not made by the Hill Tribes, but are Himalayan made. As far as I know the Hill Tribes have never made Himalayan style jewellery, or anything with faux amber. They are purely silversmiths.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Hill Tribes as a whole are spread over several Southeast Asian countries, including part of China. The Hmong, which Holly mentioned, are among the many Hill Tribes of SE Asia. The best known Hill Tribe of Thailand are the Akha.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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