Indian Mountain Turquoise Bolo Tie
Tribe: Navajo (Diné)
Item #BL00696
Early 2000s sterling silver bola tie by acclaimed Navajo silversmith Thomas Jim, set with a large natural Indian Mountain turquoise from Nevada. The teardrop-shaped stone displays dense brown spiderweb matrix across a bright blue-green field and is framed in a handmade serrated bezel.
The bolo features Thomas Jim’s characteristic heavy-gauge silverwork, with deeply stamped radiating designs surrounding the turquoise. It is completed with a handmade figure-eight backing, a 40" braided black leather cord, and long handmade sterling silver sleeves and tips with stamped concho ends.
2.25” Width, 3.125” Height
40” Cord Length tip to tip
- Era
- Contemporary
- Metal
- Sterling Silver
- Materials
- Turquoise
- Turquoise mine
- Indian Mountain
- Technique
- Set Stones
About the artist
Self-taught Navajo artist, Thomas Jim, is renowned for his concho belts, bolas, belt buckles and squash blossoms. He was raised by his grandfather, but he was not taught by him as his grandfather preferred ...
See all pieces by Thomas Jim →Family owned in Sedona since 1976
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