Turquoise Silver Beaded Choker Necklace 1451-BNK
Turquoise Silver Beaded Choker Necklace.
This choker necklace is just full fo natural character. This one has been hand strung with gorgeous beads of genuine Turquoise. The Turquoise beads are roughly 8mm in diameter and they are full of natural beauty with their blue-green hues and earthtone matrix. 5mm plated Silver Beads with plated Silver Bali Bead Spacers artfully fill in the areas between the Turquoise beads. This choker necklace is 17-1/2" long. The matrix of the Turquoise may slightly vary.
Turquoise has been, since about 200 B.C., extensively used by southwestern U.S Native Americans and by many of the Indian tribes in Mexico. The Native American Jewelry or "Indian style" jewelry with turquoise mounted in or with silver is relatively new. Some believe this style of Jewelry was unknown prior to about 1880, when a white trader persuaded a Navajo craftsman to make turquoise and silver jewelry using coin silver. Prior to this time, the Native Americans had made solid turquoise beads, carvings, and inlaid mosaics. Recently, turquoise has found wide acceptance among people of all walks of life and from many different ethnic groups. |