April 16, 2024
HEAVY Navajo Sterling Silver Kingman Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace -E4
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Up for sale is a beautiful Navajo hand stamped sterling silver and Kingman Turquoise squash blossom necklace. The necklace features a crescent shaped pendant, called "Naja" (Nah-Hah), the Native word for "crescent." A symbol that was common to many of the earliest civilizations. In the late 1500s and early 1600s, the saddles and bridles of huge muscled horses of the Spanish Conquistadors where fitted with sterling silver crescent-shaped pendants of Moorish origin. For the next 200 years, as the two cultures cycled through various phases of peace and conflict in the struggle for power, the Native American adopted and incorporated these and other traditional Spanish ornaments into their jewelry. Early on, the Native American wore the Nah-Hah as an ornament of beauty and these pieces also came to symbolize wealth. Eventually became associated with crop fertility and worn during ceremonies related to the agricultural cycles. It was customary for Medicine men to wear them as well. The necklace measures 27-1/2" long from end to end, the naja measures 4 1/4" long by 3-3/4" wide, the blossoms measure approximately 1-7/8" long by 1" wide. The beads measure 5/16" in diameter and are strung on metal wire with a hook and eye clasp. The necklace weighs 234g . The Kingman mine in northwestern Arizona was one of the largest turquoise mines
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