Native American Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Sterling Silver Hair Barrette.

This Hair Barrette has a traditional and fashionable look. This one is full of natural beauty with five nuggets of genuine Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. These Turquoise nuggets have beautiful robins egg blue colors that go beautifully with the white shine of the Sterling Silver. The Sterling Silver has been hand stamped with traditional fine line southwestern designs. This Turquoise Hair Barrette is 3/4" wide and 3-3/4" long. Turquoise nuggets may slightly vary. You'll be getting one from the group of hand made Turquoise hair barrettes pictured below.

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.

We understand the true value and nature of hand crafted Indian art. And, we recognize it's important to know that the artist is truly a member of a Native American tribe. So, to ensure you that this is the real deal, a Certificate of Authenticity has been included with this item.

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