I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt, and hope that they didn’t know. I think even nice galleries can make mistakes, because there is so much Asian made stuff out there. When I first started shopping for my own items (I had been given some Native made jewelry by my parents), I stumbled on a wonderful pawn shop in downtown Flagstaff where most of the customers were local Navajo. The owner had some Asian jewelry that he used to teach people about fakes. A couple years later I bought a great book called Trading Post Guidebook that covered the Four Corners area (got it at a National Park), and used it (still do) to guide where I would go. Unfortunately many of those trading posts and shops are now closed; probably victims of covid and online shopping.
I have what I thought was a Kewa necklace that I bought in Golden, CO (outside my guidebook’s perimeter ) that I am now wondering if it could be fake; someday maybe I’ll post it. I have another one I bought in WY that I am now pretty sure is Asian made. Oh well, live and learn.
Thanks @ Patina. My only exposure to Larimar was on a cruise years ago; they had TONS of it. Didn’t pay much attention since I was not going to buy anything, but having googled it again, Larimar seems to have a similar color, but more of a clean “cellular” look (my description based on my history in cellular physiology😊). Regardless, I’ve never seen this type of stone used in NA made jewelry.
) that I am now wondering if it could be fake; someday maybe I’ll post it. I have another one I bought in WY that I am now pretty sure is Asian made. Oh well, live and learn.
