Vintage Bird Fetish Necklace

Vintage Mother of Pearl and Heishi
Bird Fetish Necklace
HK Item #N351

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vintage bird fetish and heishi necklace

Size	approximately 24 inches end to end
Materials	mother of pearl, Read about stones; turquoise and clam shell heishi, Read about heishi sterling silver, Read about silver; strung on string
Hallmarks	none
Artist	unknown
Condition	vintage, pre-owned, very good; 1 broken turquoise bird (see photo)

vintage bird fetish and heishi necklace

Ends finished with sterling silver hook and ring.

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Vintage Mother of Pearl and Heishi
Bird Fetish Necklace

#N351 - $150 plus s/h
(ONLY ONE AVAILABLE)

Paula says: "Are you wondering why this vintage animal fetish necklace is not described as Native American? You can find the answer by clicking here."

vintage bird fetish and heishi necklace

Birds approximately 1 1/4" long.
Clam shell and turquoise heishi between the birds.

vintage bird fetish and heishi necklace

NOTE: Items in our Vintage Shop are either USED or NEW. They might come from inheritances, estate sales, private collections, and store liquidations. Many items are brand new (NOS , New Old Stock) and in perfect condition while others may show tarnish, scratches and other signs of use. Major issues will be described in detail and shown in photos. Vintage Shop items are sold as described and are not returnable.

What is a Fetish?

A fetish is a rock carving of an animal that captures the spirit and the essence of the animal, not necessarily its exact detailed conformation. Read more about fetishes.

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.
Vintage	30 years or older.
NOS	New Old Stock. Retail store inventory from at least 10 years ago.
Pre-owned	An item that has been used.

Why isn't this item called Native American?

The US Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 and its recent Amendments require that items described as Native American or Indian be made by an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe. Furthermore, government regulations suggest that all attributions include the Native American Indian's name, tribe and federal tribal enrollment number. Because it is impossible to identify the artist for many vintage items, even if they are authentic Indian made items, we cannot and will not use the words Native American or Indian in association with such pieces.

Read about authenticity of Native American Indian jewelry.

Our Rescue Mission

We are in the vintage Native American jewelry rescue business and are passionate about finding new homes for used and vintage jewelry. 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.

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

Vintage Mother of Pearl and HeishiBird Fetish Necklace HK Item #N351

Vintage Mother of Pearl and Heishi
Bird Fetish Necklace
HK Item #N351