Turquoise Inlaid Sterling Silver Broach 3533-JA-NEW
Turquoise Inlaid Sterling Silver Broach.
What a work of art! This broach features a traditional southwestern design in Sterling Silver. And, this broach is elegant and full of natural character with hand cut stones of genuine Turquoise. These Turquoise stones have been hand cut with perfect precision and inlaid into the Sterling Silver. The hoop allows you to hang any pendant you like. This broach is 3/8" long and 1" wide. Stamped Sterling. The cross is not included, it's there just to show the possibilities of this versatile pin.
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. |