Navajo Indian Jewelry Wild Horse Magnesite Sterling Silver Bolo Tie by Jimmy Emerson.

This Navajo Bolo Tie has a unique stone that will coordinate well with a large range of attire. It's a top notch example of hand made Native American jewelry. This bolo tie was made by master Navajo jewelry artist Jimmy Emerson. Jimmy has worked with us for over twenty years creating his signature high quality Native American jewelry. This Sterling Silver Bolo features a large nugget of genuine Wild Horse Magnesite. This Magnesite is just full of character with its natural beige hues and white highlights. The stone is surrounded with hand twisted Sterling Silver wire and hand stamped traditional designs. This bolo tie is 2-1/4" wide by 3" long and comes with a 42" long 6-ply leather bolo cord with Sterling tips. Stamped Sterling and signed by Navajo jeweler Jimmy Emerson. You will receive the one of a kind Bolo Tie pictured below.

The Dine' (or Navajo) People are a unique group of American Indians still living the traditional way of life throughout the four corners region of the Southwestern United States. The Navajo people have returned to the original name, the Dine' (pronounced di-nay'h), given to them by their holy people. The Dine' land (aka Navajo reservation) on top of Oak Creek Canyon is the largest reservation established for the Dine', covering about 25,000 sq. miles of land, and is located in parts of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. The Navajo were the first of the southwestern Indians to produce metal jewelry. Around the mid-19th Century a Navajo Medicine Man, Atsidi Sani, convinced a Mexican blacksmith to teach him the art of working with metal. When the Navajo returned to their homeland in 1868 after their imprisonment at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, traders arrived in the area bringing silver coins with them. It was with these coins that the Navajo began to make silver jewelry.

Wild Horse is the marketing name for a new find of Magnesite from the Gila Wilderness Area in Southern Arizona. Rich chocolate brown is actually the matrix in this new Magnesite with antique white as the Magnesite's color. This new Magnesite was discovered near Globe, Arizona while mining for other minerals. It is called Wild Horse because of its resemblance to those Pinto horses with brown on white patches known to roam free in the southwest and who were also a favorite horse of many Native Americans.

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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