Knifewing Silver Money Clip Style: Navaho            Size: 1" W x 1.875" Availability: Next day shipping! This Navajo  creation contains the Zuni Knifewing symbol over-layed onto the stamped silver backing finished off with a turquoise cabochon placed in the middle. The Knifewing is a half-man, half-eagle diety with knife-shaped feathers. The Knifewing would come down off the high mesas around Zuni and bestow bestow wisdom, strength and courage amongst his recipients, only revealing himself to the warriors who serve as protectors of the village This money clip represents the traditional styling of Navajo silver work. Stamp patterns may vary with each individual clip. Navaho Stamp Work: The earliest form of the adornment of silver was stamping. This method would usually incorporate the use of chisels, awls, punches and files. Early stamp work designs often imitated the patterns of Mexican leather work of the day. Traditional Navajo jewelry is symmetrical, repetitive and balanced in proportion and design. Patterns were often begun in the center of the piece and worked toward the edges.
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Turquoise: Probably no other stone or color symbolizes the southwestern mystique better than Turquoise. This stone has been used by Native Americans in the southwest since around 200BC. Some of the first items fashioned out of turquoise were beads and figurines with the incorporation of silver coming in the late 1800's. Turquoise is found in semi arid copper deposits and is formed when groundwater percolates through aluminous rock in the presence of copper. It is the copper that lends turquoise its greenish-blue hues. Turquoise symbolizes good fortune or luck to the Southwestern Native Americans.