Comments for Native American Jewelry Tips http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com About Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Santo Domingo, Apache and Oglala Lakota Jewelry and Artifacts on horsekeeping.com Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Friend’s Great Grandmother’s Red Bead Necklace – Where is it From? by Native American Jewelry Tips http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/friends-great-grandmothers-red-bead-necklace-where-is-it-from/#comment-1967 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:47 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16220#comment-1967 Thanks Russ, you are a wealth of information.

]]> Comment on Friend’s Great Grandmother’s Red Bead Necklace – Where is it From? by Russ Nobbs http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/friends-great-grandmothers-red-bead-necklace-where-is-it-from/#comment-1966 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:14:14 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16220#comment-1966 Hi,
This necklace is from Africa. IF the red beads have a white core they are called “white hearts.” The cowrie shells are African cowrie shells. The nail shaped pendants are likely from Ghana or Ivory Coast, they are one of many shapes of brass items cast in Africa. These particular ones are not very common today. A web site called beadcollector.net is very good for identifying African and collectable beads. Although beads like these show up on ebay as native American collected this entire strand came from Africa.
The red “white heart” beads are used by Native Americans but these were collected in Africa..

]]> Comment on Friend’s Great Grandmother’s Red Bead Necklace – Where is it From? by Native American Jewelry Tips http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/friends-great-grandmothers-red-bead-necklace-where-is-it-from/#comment-1965 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:05 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16220#comment-1965 Thanks for the comments and suggest to Tracy. Because the beads are all irregular in shape and size, they do look hand made, so could be very old.

]]> Comment on Friend’s Great Grandmother’s Red Bead Necklace – Where is it From? by Native American Jewelry Tips http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/friends-great-grandmothers-red-bead-necklace-where-is-it-from/#comment-1964 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:58:40 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16220#comment-1964 Name: Adrienne Logan

Comment: Those look like red pony beads, which are quite collectible if they are old and in good condition. I would do a search on eBay on vintage, antique, old, etc., pony beads to get a starting price point.

With the cowrie shells and the brass pieces, might this be old African beads, possibly trade beads? I’d also search on African trade beads and jewelry to look for comparable pricing… This would go with Paula’s comment that they might be Caribbean… Good luck! ;-)

Time: Monday May 20, 2013 at 11:52 am

]]> Comment on Native American Symbols – Yei by suzanne http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/native-american-symbols-yei/#comment-1963 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:59 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1963 You are enriching lives by sharing this deep meaning. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Serpentine used in Native American Fetish Carvings by Native American Jewelry Tips http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/serpentine-used-in-native-american-fetish-carvings/#comment-1961 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:44:57 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16171#comment-1961 A snake’s skin is very slick, but not wet. If you try to hold onto a snake, their smooth skin feels slippery. So it is a matter of semantics and opinion.

]]> Comment on More on Navajo and Zuni Fetish Necklaces by Native American Jewelry Tips http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/more-on-navajo-and-zuni-fetish-necklaces/#comment-1960 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:42:40 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=12660#comment-1960 I’ve sent you an email telling you where to send a photo. Paula

]]> Comment on More on Navajo and Zuni Fetish Necklaces by Robbin http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/more-on-navajo-and-zuni-fetish-necklaces/#comment-1958 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:05:21 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=12660#comment-1958 I have a stacked fetish necklace I bought today. The elder man & woman I bought it from said it is over 70 years old. It is a stacked fetish necklace. I wondered if I sent you a picture if you could look at it & tell me more?? Thank you, robbin

]]> Comment on Serpentine used in Native American Fetish Carvings by georgia http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/serpentine-used-in-native-american-fetish-carvings/#comment-1957 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:20:41 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16171#comment-1957 Hi

Snakes are not slippery that is just a myth. Some of these animal patterned (natural stones) look great. There a few stones like that.
Georgia

]]> Comment on Testing out a New Contact Form by Lynn http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/testing-out-a-new-contact-form/#comment-1955 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:09 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16186#comment-1955 Thank you Lynn for being my tester ! I see that either way works fine.

]]> Comment on Testing out a New Contact Form by Lynn http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/testing-out-a-new-contact-form/#comment-1954 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:48:59 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16186#comment-1954 Reply left using Leave a Reply link at bottom

]]> Comment on Testing out a New Contact Form by Lynn http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/testing-out-a-new-contact-form/#comment-1953 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:48:10 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16186#comment-1953 Reply left using balloon

]]> Comment on Serpentine used in Native American Fetish Carvings by Native American Jewelry Tips http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/serpentine-used-in-native-american-fetish-carvings/#comment-1952 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:01:57 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16171#comment-1952 The smooth, silky feel you get when petting your favorite snake is similar to a highly polished and buffed piece of serpentine (and quite a few other stones) but the real snake connection is the mottled colors – very camo. Serpentine is a very cool stone. Cool, did I say that snakes are cool to the touch?

]]> Comment on Serpentine used in Native American Fetish Carvings by Native American Jewelry Tips http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/serpentine-used-in-native-american-fetish-carvings/#comment-1951 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:01:50 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16171#comment-1951 My answer below.

]]> Comment on Serpentine used in Native American Fetish Carvings by klimshelf http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/serpentine-used-in-native-american-fetish-carvings/#comment-1950 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:53:14 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16171#comment-1950 I’ve heard that serpentine gets its name from the characteristic of feeling very smooth and slippery, like a serpent – is this so?

]]> Comment on Old Praying Feather – Can you help? by tamy strohkirch http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/old-praying-feather-can-you-help/#comment-1936 Tue, 14 May 2013 22:21:10 +0000 http://nativeamericanjewelrytips.wordpress.com/?p=16155#comment-1936 what area or county was it found in .. u should be able to go back to the house and go bak on who lived there by tax assessor or landlords

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