Turquoise Jewelry AMERICAN INDIAN Silver Cuff BRACELET Small 3391-BR
Turquoise Jewelry American Indian Silver Cuff Bracelet.
This impressive piece of Native American Indian jewelry is high in quality and fashion! This beautiful bracelet was hand cut out of a very heavy gauge of Sterling Silver. This Sterling Silver cuff bracelet was hand cut and hand stamped to create a traditional southwestern pueblo Indian design. The center of this Navajo Indian made Sterling Silver bracelet holds a row of genuine Turquoise nuggets. Native American Indian artists often use Turquoise in their work in order to honor the Father Sky. This Turquoise bracelet is 3/4" wide. It'll fit a 6" to a 7" wrist. Stamped Sterling. Signed by the artist.
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. Make sure you place the necessary Bracelet size in the 'Customer Notes' field while you are placing your payment information as you check out. |