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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 292819, member: 5833&quot;]Hard to know whether the screw backs indicate that the earrings themselves are earlier, or just a concession to older tourists who never did get their ears pierced.&nbsp; I will have to ask my boyfriend whether his parents did much traveling before their kids were grown.</p><p><br /></p><p>This way of &#039;flush setting&#039; the stones seems to have originated in Zuni.&nbsp; Some of the questions I&#039;m hoping our NA experts can answer include whether: this technique stayed with the Zuni or was adopted by other groups; the upper part of the pendant would have been sand cast; the design of the pendant is a stylized rain cloud.&nbsp; Surprisingly, casual scouting around on the Internet is not turning up anything quite like the pendant.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photos do not pick it up well, but all pieces, the earrings in particular, have little mallet dings on the back, so feel fairly confident they are hand work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for taking the time to look &amp; give me your thoughts, evelyb.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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