Zuni Indian Jewelry TURQUOISE SILVER Mens Watch by Native American artist Simplicio 0523c-WT
This Zuni Indian Jewelry Turquoise Silver Mens Watch was hand crafted by Zuni Indian Jewelry artist family, Simplicio. The Simplicio family is acknowledged in the Book of Zuni for their top quality Turquoise jewelry. Genuine Sleeping Beauty Turquoise (the Tiffany of Turquoise) on Sterling Silver for that traditional Southwest look in functional, wearable Indian art. Turquoise and Sterling Silver, you can't go wrong with that. The watch tips are 1-1/4" wide and 1-1/4" long. Stamped Sterling. Signed by the Zuni Indian jewelry artists Simplicio. The watch face is complimentary, the tips are attached to a stretch band that can be easily adjusted for size. Stamped Sterling. Complimentary watch faces may vary.
The Zuni Indians learned to silversmith from the Navajo in the early 1870's. The Zuni, because they had permanent homes unlike the nomadic Navajo, were able to use many tools that the Navajo could not easily carry with them. With the lapidary wheels they began cutting stones and using the silver to hold their stones in patterns. Today, Zuni silversmiths are known for their lapidary skills. Both channel inlay (using precisely cut stones set on silver to form figures and designs) and cluster and needlepoint (setting small, similarly cut stones in geometric patterns) are traditional Zuni styles. 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. |