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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 855613, member: 2844"]The overlay style we now identify as Hopi was developed for WWII veterans, so they would have a trade and an income. Before that the few Hopi silversmiths there were, made jewellery in the same style as the Navajo, mostly European inspired.</p><p>Lewis Lomay was already making jewellery in the 1930s. In 1950 he was considered one of the 'older' generation, pre-overlay so to speak. So his work was similar to Navajo work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 855613, member: 2844"]The overlay style we now identify as Hopi was developed for WWII veterans, so they would have a trade and an income. Before that the few Hopi silversmiths there were, made jewellery in the same style as the Navajo, mostly European inspired. Lewis Lomay was already making jewellery in the 1930s. In 1950 he was considered one of the 'older' generation, pre-overlay so to speak. So his work was similar to Navajo work.[/QUOTE]
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