Turquoise Sterling Silver Serpent Pendant 3832-PN-NEW
Turquoise Sterling Silver Serpent Pendant.
This pendant is a true work of art. This one features two hand cut cabochons of genuine Turquoise. These Turquoise stones have been set in the brilliance of shimmering Sterling Silver. A Sterling Silver serpent deity artfully weaves between the Turquoise cabs. Suspended from a complimentary chain, this pendant is 1-1/8" long. Stamped Sterling.
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. |