Water Bird Money Clip with Turquoise
Style: Navaho
Size: 1" W x 1.875"
Availability: Next day shipping!
This Navajo creation contains the Peyote or Water Bird symbol over-layed
onto the stamped silver backing finished off with a turquoise cabochon placed in
the middle. The Peyote Bird or Water Bird is an important symbol the members of
the Native American Church. This money clip represents the traditional styling of Navajo silver
work. Stamp patterns may vary with each individual clip.
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.
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