Harley Carved Turquoise Eagle Sterling Silver Necklace 1130-NK
HARLEY Carved Turquoise Eagle Sterling Silver Necklace.
What a work of art! This necklace features the impressive image of the eagle made from hand carved stones of block Turquoise. This necklace design was a hot seller in the eighties. This Turquoise has been set in the brilliance of shimmering Sterling Silver to complete the eagle with an illustrious high shine. It has a box link chain for flexibility. The total length of this necklace is 18-1/2". Signed by the artist AB. Stamped Sterling.
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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