Navajo Sterling Silver and Turquoise Hand Pendant

Wonderful sterling silver sand cast hand with clear turquoise cabochon, silver dust texture and overlay whirligig.
Pendant Only with Chain 1 1/8" long with bail by 5/8" wide Hallmark: Sterling NP239A - $30 plus s/h
Pendant with Chain and Wire Earrings NP239B - $65 plus s/h
Pendant with Chain and Post Earrings NP239C - $65 plus s/h
Wire Earrings Only 1" long including earwire NP239D - $39 plus s/h
Post Earrings Only 3/4" long NP239E - $39 plus s/h

Comes with 18" sterling silver chain as shown.
Large swinging bail lets you wear this pendant with a chain, collar or cable.

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The Hand.

In Native American art, the hand usually represents the presence of man. From the earliest hand imprints on cave walls, the hand depicts a man's work, achievements and his personal history.

When a hand had a swirl in the middle of it, that is said to be the "eye in hand" and represents a mystic, or all-seeing, hand, the presence of the Great Spirit in man.

A Native American's horse was highly honored and often covered in symbols for various purposes. This would vary from tribe to tribe but hand prints were often used in various positions on a horse to mean different things.

The most prized handprint was when preparing for battle, if it was a kill-or-be-killed mission, an upside-down hand would be placed on the warrior's horse.

If a horse knocked down an enemy, right and left hand prints were put on the horse's chest.

The Pat Hand Print was the left hand pressed onto the horse's right hindquarters. It was put on a horse who had returned from a dangerous mission with his master unharmed.