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Five more days of our BOGO bracelet sale

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BOGO

Hundreds of Native American made bracelets available in our BOGO sale https://www.horsekeeping.com/sale-bracelets-summer-solstice-20240615.htm

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(via Navajo Wedding Vase)

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Navajo Wedding Vase

Navajo Wedding Vase by Wilford Begay What is a Wedding Vase? The Native American wedding vase is used to sanctify a marriage. The two spouts represent the separate lives of the bride and groom. The handle between them represents the joining of the husband and wife on their wedding day. Wesley Whitman Wedding Vase Prior to the wedding, the vase is filled with a liquid that represents the union…

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For a limited time, buy one bracelet and get one free. Hundreds to choose from, just a sample below

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Buy One Bracelet Get One Free Limited Time Sale

SUMMER SOLSTICEBRACELET SALE I love the long days of summer and want to commemorate the longest day by reviving the popular 2019 bracelet sale you all loved! From now until the Fourth of July, it’s a bracelet BOGO!!! Here are some of the many bracelets available in this sale. Have fun browsing !! Paula

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BOGO Bracelet Sale

Good until the Fourth of July. Read about it here https://www.horsekeeping.com/sale-bracelets-summer-solstice-20240615.htm

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(via Dooney & Bourke Italian Leather ©Lulu Fiona Crossbody Bag)

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Seed Pots

Originally seed pots were pottery vessels created to safely store seeds for the following growing season. Some contemporary artists, in a revival of tradition, are calling attention to the seed pot by making ornate sterling silver miniatures.

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Handmade Navajo Pearls

Paula says - "Handmade sterling silver beads of this weight and quality are getting harder and harder to find. Each bead is hand drawn, smooth, punched for holes, soldered, polished, and strung on foxtail."

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What Makes Turquoise Change Color?

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Charoite

Charoite is an easy gemstone to identify because of its violet to purple color an distinctive white, black and brownish swirls. The large oval cabochon below is a good example of charoite with white inclusions. Sugilite, another beautiful purple gemstone, has a similar appearance but it lacks the distinguishing wispy swirls of Charoite. Below is an example of a sugilite stone in a bracelet by…

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The symbol of the peyote bird and water bird. the peyote bird is associated with the Plains Indians and the Native American Church and the water bird is associated with the Hohokam culture. And yet many people consider these symbols to be very similar or the same.

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Heishi means shell and in the past, referred to pieces of shell that have been drilled and hand rolled or ground into bead shapes and strung as necklaces.

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(via Navajo Pearls – Everything You Need to Know About Sterling Silver Native American Beads)

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Turquoise comes in all shades of blue, to blue-green, with a possible shading towards brown-veined greens. It is the natural variations in turquoise that make it appealing. The color of turquoise in American Indian jewelry ranges from brownish green to bright blue.

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Red Coral is the common name given to Corallium Rubrum and several related species of marine coral. Red coral is a collection of hundreds of tiny animals living together in a colonies that resemble small leafless bushes growing on dark, rocky seabottom. The coral skeleton is composed hard calcium carbonate, colored in shades of red from pale pink to deep red. It can be semi-translucent to opaque. It is naturally matte, but can be polished to a glassy shine. Red coral is frequently dyed to enhance color and it can also be impregnated with resins or epoxies to fill surface fissures and flaws.