The two page chronology of Early Native American Jewelry that I am posting at the end of this article is thought to be part of handouts of Lauris Phillips at her presentations in the 1990s and beyond.
To learn more about Lauris so as to gain some perspective on her historical timeline, I’m providing links to some articles featuring her and her husband.
July 5, 1999 Associated Press article “Indian Jewelry Pretty – but is is genuine?”
November 25, 1999 Los Angeles Times Original Americana
June 3, 2013 JIM AND LAURIS PHILLIPS COLLECTION IN SPOTLIGHT AT BONHAMS JUNE NATIVE AMERICAN ART AUCTION
June 18, 2013 Sadly we need to go to her obituary to learn more about her life.
June 2015 Press Release Wheelright Museum for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry
June 28, 2015 Jim and Lauris Phillips Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry
September 11, 2016 Southwestern Jewelry Gets A Study Center
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