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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 293331, member: 2844&quot;]<img src="http://www.prestoimages.net/store/rd2670/2670_pd2136553_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Very beautiful.</p><p>The water bird, or peyote bird, motif is a symbol of the Native American Church. Your birds are not water/peyote birds, the peyote bird always has a fantail, curved wingtips, and other recognizable features. It is believed to dive into the water and find medicine for the people. </p><p>This is the first time I&#039;ve seen it depicted as a pair.</p><p>The NA Church was not present in Zuni in the 60s. I doubt it has much of a following there now, but since the Navajo started making Native American Church jewellery, some Zuni apparently followed. This one is made by Lynette Laiwakete, which means it is pretty recent.</p><p>Lynette Laiwakete depicted them as a pair, facing each other, with a peyote fan in the middle. Peyote fans are important ritual paraphernalia, they are used to spread sacred cedar smoke during a peyote ceremony.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the classic representation of the peyote bird:</p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d6/7e/71/d67e716520be48942be3bd3b977cb91c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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