Navajo Indian Inlaid Turquoise Knife with Sheath by Native American artist Yellowhair 2713-KF
Navajo Indian Inlaid Turquoise Knife with Sheath by Native American artist Yellowhair.
This Navajo Indian Inlaid Knife is true collectors item! The artist inlaid the handle of this knife with block Turquoise in a striking, contemporary design. Each stone of Turquoise has been cut, carved, and shaped by hand and arranged in an eye-catching pattern. This was designed and made by the famous Navajo Indian Yellowhair family that live at the Arizona, New Mexico border on I-40 and the State line. Full length of the The handle of this knife is 4", the blade is 3-1/8" long. Complete with a genuine leather knife sheath that is 4-1/2" long. A beautiful work of art to be showcased proudly.
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. |