Large Genuine Turquoise Hand Carved Bird Sterling Silver Box Link Chain Necklace

For the lady who has everything! This Large Genuine Turquoise Hand Carved Bird Sterling Silver Box Link Chain Necklace is an impressive piece of hand made jewelry. This necklace has a bold and beautiful display of gorgeous hand cut genuine Turquoise shaped into wings and a bird's body and connected by a hinge to allow the wings to move. The vibrant spectrum of sky blues presented in this necklace are arranged in such a way that they match and complement the Sterling Silver perfectly. The hinged Turquoise and Sterling Silver bird necklace is completed by a box link chain for complete flexibility. This is truly one of the best necklaces we've ever had. The length of this necklace is 21-1/2" and the bird is 5" wide. Stamped Sterling and signed by the jewelry artist. You will receive one of the necklaces pictured 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.