Beautiful Vintage Native American Zuni Silver Bird Hair Pin

  

Beautiful Vintage American Indian Hair Pin. This Hair Pin was taken in trade by my Father in the late seventies and was kept in a box simply marked Indian Jewelry so please enlarge and review all photographs and use your own judgment on origin and condition. Pin is unmarked and this would not be unusual on early silver work that was made for either outside trade or personal use. I lived in the Four Corners area for years and have seen a lot of silver work and it looks Zuni to me but please use your own knowledge and judgment. The back of the Pin has what I would assume is a test mark and is non magnetic.

The Hair Pin has a weight of 17 grams. I don't know if it is sterling or coin silver. Thank you for looking and we'll be listing more of dad's old stuff soon.