Turquoise Sterling Silver Tear Drop Pendant and Earrings 2110-PN
Turquoise Sterling Silver Tear Drop Pendant and Earrings.
What a work of art! This is an elegant and fashionable piece of hand crafted Sterling Silver jewelry. This gorgeous pendant features a dazzling and traditional southwestern style tear drop design in Sterling Silver. The center of this Sterling Silver pendant has been artfully adorned with a hand cut cabochon of genuine Turquoise. Non Indian made. This pendant is suspended on a four strand 15-1/4" long nylon rope chain with a 2-1/4" long extension chain. The matching French hook earrings are 1-5/8" long. Stamped Sterling. Turquoise stones may slightly vary. The photo is an excellent representation of the one of a kind hand made pendant you'll receive.
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. |