Genuine Turquoise Sterling Silver Southwestern Bolo Tie Signed By the Artist 3838-BOLO
Genuine Turquoise Sterling Silver Southwestern Bolo Tie Signed By the Artist
This bolo tie is an impressive piece of hand-made southwest jewelry. It features a lovely blue nugget of genuine Turquoise. The Turquoise accompanies intricate southwestern designs set in Sterling Silver for a high shine. Decorations include hand-stamping, -etching and scallopping. These rectangular bolo ties are 1-1/2" wide and 2" long. They each come with a 38-1/2" long 4-ply leather bolo cord with Sterling Silver tips. The designs and stones vary slightly but the Turquoise is beautifully blue. Stamped Sterling and signed by the artist. You'll receive one of the bolos pictured below.
TURQUOISE: The Lucky Stone
When workmen opened the tomb of Queen Zen of Egypt, who died 7000 years ago, they discovered, among other things, four beautiful gold and turquoise bracelets encircling the arm of the mummy. These are the oldest pieces of jewelry ever discovered. The ancient Egyptians were captivated by Turquoise and sent large expeditions of up to 3000 workers under military escort into the Sinai Peninsula for the sole purpose of mining Turquoise and other minerals. Over the centuries, the use of Turquoise spread over the world to many lands. From Persia, it spread over the hills to Turkey and from there to the countries of Europe. Early French and Italian traders who carried the stones out of Turkey gave its modern name Pierre Turquoise, "Turkish Stone".
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