Navajo Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Silver Concho Belt 3022-CN
Navajo Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Silver Concho Belt
Perfect for your Rocky Mountain jeans!! This classic concho belt features nuggets of genuine Sleeping Beauty Turquoise (the Tiffany of Turquoise). Each nugget of this Turquoise has been set in an individually hand made Silver casing that was sweated to the nickel Silver conchos and buckle. Traditional hand stamped southwestern designs and fine line details adorn the buckle and conchos with style. Made in our shop. The buckle is 2" by 2-3/4", and each of the fifteen conchos are 1" by 1-3/8". The leather belt can be cut to fit. Just send us your size. Stamped Hand Made, signed with the artist's hallmark.
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.
Please measure your waist and allow us to know your exact waist size in the 'comment box' as you check out so we can make sure that this concho belt is perfect for you. For concho belts that come with leather, if you do not give us your size specifications the leather belt will come to you unpunched. |