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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 293429, member: 2844"]Kolowisi is Zuni, the peyote bird is from the southeast. </p><p>The peyote cult came from Mexico and became popular with the Comanche in Texas. From there it spread to the southeast and to some Plains and Great Lakes tribes. Later it came to the Navajo, and there are adherents in other tribes as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn't call it a squash blossom necklace, since there is not a squash blossom in sight. The central pendant is shaped like a naja, which you usually see on a squash blossom necklace. Which explains the mirrored peyote bird on the first pendant, it is also a naja.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 293429, member: 2844"]Kolowisi is Zuni, the peyote bird is from the southeast. The peyote cult came from Mexico and became popular with the Comanche in Texas. From there it spread to the southeast and to some Plains and Great Lakes tribes. Later it came to the Navajo, and there are adherents in other tribes as well. I wouldn't call it a squash blossom necklace, since there is not a squash blossom in sight. The central pendant is shaped like a naja, which you usually see on a squash blossom necklace. Which explains the mirrored peyote bird on the first pendant, it is also a naja.[/QUOTE]
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