Navajo Indian Jewelry Genuine Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Coral Sterling Silver Gold Watch Bracelet by Lucky

Keep track of the time in style with this one of a kind Silver and Gold Watch Bracelet. Natural Sleeping Beauty Turquoise nuggets are set with traditional Coral in an artful setting of Sterling Silver and 12k gold fill. The hand made cuff is decorated with traditional hand stamped designs and gold nuggets. Turquoise and Coral in their work to honor the Father Sky and Mother Earth. A complimentary watch face has been included for your convenience. Made in our shop by Navajo silversmith Vena Blackgoat. This cuff bracelet watch measures 1-1/4" wide and will fit 7" to a 8" wrist. Stamped Sterling and signed by the artist with their hallmark. Complimentary watch faces may vary.

The Sleeping Beauty mine is located near Globe, Arizona. Its turquoise is noted for its solid, light blue color with no matrix. Sleeping Beauty turquoise is the favorite of the Zuni Pueblo silversmiths for use in petite point, needlepoint, and inlay jewelry. This mine is one of the largest in North America and is still operating.

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.