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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 9587410, member: 5398&quot;]Thank you, stracci, for mentioning the name change. I read that in my research but didn&#039;t think to search Kewa jewelry. I searched Google images and eBay this morning and found lots of examples of necklaces with pendants, but none like mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to search Kewa pottery and found an antique water jar in a design that&#039;s kind of similar with the red interior and bottom section, and the triangle/star shapes in the middle.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.artblackburn.com/pottery/p/amazing-kewa-water-jar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artblackburn.com/pottery/p/amazing-kewa-water-jar" rel="nofollow">https://www.artblackburn.com/pottery/p/amazing-kewa-water-jar</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463557[/ATTACH]</p><p>I also found information that makes me think my pendant is 1920&#039;s-50&#039;s Kewa (Santo Domingo) and not Zuni. The &quot;glue&quot; looks like pine pitch. Anyway, definitely not black epoxy glue that&#039;s used on newer pieces (it looks kind of black in the photos, but it&#039;s not--maybe it&#039;s the type of musilage glue that I used in school during the 1950s, in a glass bottle with a rubber tip--LePage I think). </p><p><br /></p><p>I used a magnifying glass for a close look at the little black piece in the center, and can&#039;t tell for sure what it is--the whole mosaic seems to be coated with something.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a quote from: </p><p><i><a href="https://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/large-mosaic-shell-pendant-lets-look/#:~:text=Prehistoric%20people%20used%20lac%20or,or%20roots%20of%20pine%20trees" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/large-mosaic-shell-pendant-lets-look/#:~:text=Prehistoric%20people%20used%20lac%20or,or%20roots%20of%20pine%20trees" rel="nofollow">https://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/large-mosaic-shell-pendant-lets-look/#:~:text=Prehistoric people used lac or,or roots of pine trees</a>.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;This tradition of mosaic inlay on shells is associated with Santo Domingo (Kewa) Pueblo of New Mexico.&nbsp; From the Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelry (Paula Baxter) “Between 1920 and 1950, not all Santo Domingo jewelry making was of good quality and pieces from this period betray inventive uses of substitute materials – especially when the traditional materials were not available (such as using pieces of phonograph records or automotive battery cases in place of jet or onyx).”&nbsp; The contemporary revival of the art form is mainly due to Angie Reano Owen. Santo Domingo artists Mary Coriz Lovato and Jolene Bird also makes mosaic inlay on large shells.&nbsp; Today the main difference is that black epoxy glue is now used instead of pine pitch.&quot;&nbsp; </i>This quote is in the &quot;Research Material&quot; about halfway down the page if anyone is interested.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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