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We have used descriptions like “sky-blue,” “Robin’s egg blue,” “blue-green,” and “gray-green” to describe the color of the turquoise stone. The Native Americans have their own names for it: “the fallen sky stone,” “stone of sky,” “stone of water,” and…
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Turquoise holds a special significance in Native American culture, meaning something profound and specific to individual tribes. Referred to as the “stone of life,” many believe it is a living mineral because of its ability to change colors depending on…
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A stone seen most frequently in Native American jewelry pieces, turquoise has been a favorite material to work with for thousands of years. Rich with hues of blue and green paired with brown, black, gold or silver matrix, turquoise is…
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The history of Native American jewelry is vast, with the techniques and materials used changing as technologies advanced. According to archaeologists, the first turquoise jewelry made by Native Americans dates from 200 B.C., but it wasn’t until the mid-to-late-1800s that…
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For thousands of years, Native Americans have been creating some of the most culturally unique jewelry in the world. From as early as 8500 BC, natives of the American Southwest were perfecting their techniques for drilling and shaping colorful stones…
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