Also as far as it not having any markings, the Native Americans were superstitious when it came to putting their names on the jewelry that they made. Alot of times they pawned it to someone for what they needed, usually seed to plant and if they couldn't pay the person back then that person kept the piece. The reason for not having their name is that it was customary for people to be buried with their jewelry and the Native Americans didn't want to be spirit to be buried. If you research Native American jewelry you will find that alot of the early pieces are not marked or signed. Also this is where the term Old Pawn jewelry comes from is the fact that they used to pawn the pieces for whatever they happened to need.