Jadeite Mask/Face Pin Pendant
HK Item #BBPN15

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jade or jadeite mask or face pin pendant

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jade or jadeite mask or face pin pendant

A pin finding and bale let you wear this piece as a pin or as a pendant.

Jadeite Mask/Face Pin Pendant
BBPN15 - $40 plus s/h
(ONLY ONE AVAILABLE)

Paula says - "This mask/face pendant is of a classic Olmec or Maya-inspired style with a distinctive flat-topped headdress, stylized facial features (slanted eyes, broad nose, mouth with teeth), and overall form.

size	2 1/4" tall x 1 3/4" wide
material	jadeite, read about stones unknown metals
condition	pre-owned, excellent
hallmarks	none
artist/origin	artist unknown; likely from Mexico or Guatemala

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About Jade

The term jade refers to two minerals composed of sodium, aluminum, and silica: jadeite and nephrite. Colors vary from green and white, to yellow, pink, purple, and black.

Although similar in appearance - smooth with even texture - jadeite is much harder and has more intense color and translucency so is more highly valued. Nephrite, being not as hard, has been used more frequently for carving and for jewelry, mostly by mesoamerican cultures of Mexico and Guatemala, not southwestern U.S. tribes like the Navajo or Zuni.

Jade is found primarily in Burma/Myanmar, and also in Guatemala, New Zealand, California, Mexico, and Central and South America.

What is the Bargain Barn?

Our Bargain Barn is a mixed bag of new and used items. They might come from inheritances, estate sales, private collections, and store liquidations. We'll give you as much information as we can, but often the materials, date and origin are unknown.
Bargain Barn items are sold as described and are not returnable.

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Horsekeeping LLC - Definitions of Jewelry Age and Condition © 2015 Horsekeeping LLC © Copyright Information
Patina	A dark or colored film of oxidation that forms naturally on metal exposure to air and other elements. It is often valued for its aesthetically pleasing appearance. All items in our Pawn Shop have some patina, even .
Vintage	30 years or older.
NOS	New Old Stock. Made at least 20 years ago but never used.
Pre-owned	An item that has been used.

Our Rescue Mission
of Native American Indian Jewelry and Artifacts

We are in the vintage Native American jewelry rescue business and are passionate about finding new homes for used and vintage jewelry and artifacts. That's why we purchase Native American pieces from estates, inheritances, collection downsizing and New Old Stock (NOS) inventory from closed stores.

Often people contact us after taking a box of Native American jewelry to their local pawn shop and find that a pawn shop is mainly interested in melt value of the metals and not in preserving the beautiful historic pieces. To hear that people have considered selling these treasures for melt value makes us truly sad.

Melt value is usually far below what we would offer for the jewelry. Yet we can't pay retail price for items because of the time and cost involved in finding new homes for them. We have to research, often repair and restore the jewelry, photograph and list each item on our website, and sometimes hold pieces in inventory for years until the right buyer comes along.

Items that are Mexican go in our Mexican Shop. Other items not Native American made or that we cannot verify as such go into our Bargain Barn where you can find some real treasures at low prices.

We hope you'll find something special in our vintage shop that will complete yet another circle of our jewelry re-homing mission.

Jadeite Mask/Face Pin PendantHK Item #BBPN15

About Jade

What is the Bargain Barn?

Our Rescue Missionof Native American Indian Jewelry and Artifacts

Jadeite Mask/Face Pin Pendant
HK Item #BBPN15

Our Rescue Mission
of Native American Indian Jewelry and Artifacts