Inlaid Turquoise Sterling Silver Choker Necklace and Earrings.

This necklace is a sensational piece of hand made Sterling Silver jewelry. This one is an impressive piece of art with traditional inlaid designs made from intricately hand cut stones of genuine Turquoise. This Turquoise has been inlaid into shimmering channels of Sterling Silver artfully creating a southwestern style geometric design making this a very attractive necklace. Non Indian made. This choker necklace is 16-5/8" long. The matching post earrings are 7/8" long. 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.