Native American Turquoise Sterling Silver Hair Barrette.

This Native American Hair Barrette is a highly fashionable way to dress your hair. This one was hand made from shining Sterling Silver. It has been hand stamped with traditional southwestern Native American designs. The center of this Hair Barrette is dressed with hand cut cabochons of genuine Turquoise. Turquoise and Sterling Silver, you can't go wrong with that. This Turquoise Hair Barrette is 1" wide and 2-7/8" long. Stamped Sterling. Signed by the Navajo Indian jewelry artist JE (Jimmy Emerson).

Turquoise has been, since about 200 B.C., extensively used by southwestern U.S Native Americans and by many of the Indian tribes in Mexico. The Native American Jewelry or "Indian style" jewelry with turquoise mounted in or with silver is relatively new. Some believe this style of Jewelry was unknown prior to about 1880, when a white trader persuaded a Navajo craftsman to make turquoise and silver jewelry using coin silver. Prior to this time, the Native Americans had made solid turquoise beads, carvings, and inlaid mosaics. Recently, turquoise has found wide acceptance among people of all walks of life and from many different ethnic groups.

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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