Genuine Turquoise Squash Blossom Bench Bead Necklace Jewelry 0612-SQNK
Genuine Turquoise Squash Blossom Bench Bead Necklace Jewelry
This Genuine Turquoise Squash Blossom Bench Bead Necklace was made in our shop. The artist used large nuggets of genuine Turquoise to give this Squash Blossom necklace some gorgeous natural character. This Turquoise is beautiful with its natural cool blue-green colors and natural matrix. Each Turquoise stone has been set in an individually hand made Sterling Silver casing that was soldered to a hand cut, hand stamped Sterling Silver sheet. The Sterling Silver bench beads and Sterling Silver squash blossom figures give this necklace a brilliant high shine. This fantastic Squash Blossom necklace is 27-1/4" long, and the naja is 4-1/2" by 4-3/4". Stamped Sterling and signed by the artist with our hallmark. You will be receiving the item in the pictures below.
In Indian folklore it is said that there was once a chief with turquoise colored skin. One day he was running from his enemies in the hot desert. Whenever he stopped to rest, his perspiration ran onto the ground, collected in rocks and became turquoise. There are many legends about Turquoise; The Pima consider it to bring good fortune and strength and that it helped overcome illness. The Zuni believe that blue turquoise was male and of the sky and green turquoise was female and of the earth. Pueblo Indians thought that its color was stolen from the sky. In Hopi legend the lizard who travels between the above and the below, excretes turquoise and that the stone can hold back floods. The Apache felt that turquoise on a gun or bow made it shoot straight. The Navajo consider it as good fortune to wear and believe it could appease the Wind Spirit.
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