Turquoise Silver Bear Paw Concho Belt - Everything Southwestern

Native American Turquoise Silver Bear Paw Concho Belt is of a very high quality. Concho Belts are the most striking pieces of Indian jewelry. This great hand made Navajo Indian concho belt features a buckle and twelve conchos of nickel Silver. The buckle and each of the conchos feature a traditional hand cut Bear Paw symbol that has been overlaid onto the hand cut Silver sheets. The center of each Bear Paw holds a large nugget of genuine number one grade Sleeping Beauty Turquoise (the Tiffany of Turquoise). These Turquoise nuggets offer their incredible natural Robins egg blue colors to this Silver belt. Made in our shop. The buckle on this concho belt is 2-3/4" wide and 4-1/8" long with a 1" wide keeper. Each of the conchos are 1-5/8" wide and 2-1/2" long. The leather belt can be cut to fit, send us your size. Don't let this great Turquoise Concho Belt pass you by! 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. We understand the true value and nature of hand crafted Indian art. And, we recognize it’s important to know that the artist is truly a member of a Native American tribe. So, to ensure you that this is the real deal, a Certificate of Authenticity has been included with this item. CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC

Please measure your waist and allow us to know your exact waist size in the 'comment box' as you check out so we can make sure that this concho belt is perfect for you. For concho belts that come with leather, if you do not give us your size specifications the leather belt will come to you unpunched.