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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 533952, member: 8267&quot;]In the art world, it is called connoisseurship. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just a philosophical question to consider - if the jewelry is a beautiful, well made piece, what difference does it make if it was made by a Navajo or an Anglo (or any other ethnic persuasion)? What are we valuing? Without proof, the monetary premium of &quot;Native American made&quot; is void under current regulations, as [USER=255]@reader[/USER] has pointed out. Is that all we have valued? </p><p><br /></p><p>I am certainly not immune to the lure of &quot;authenticity&quot;. There seems to be some ineffable significance to it, some touchstone of truth and reality, particularly in relation to historical objects and, in this case, objects made by a &quot;traditional&quot; culture. But I have often wondered if this is a particular Euro-American affectation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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