Look-awesome Rare Clarence Bailon Native American Pueblo Turquoise Sterling Bolo
I have been collecting Native American jewelry basically for one reason-I love it! I believe it to be rare. It is signed Sterling and the initials CB on the back under the clamp which holds the leather pieces tight in place so the pendant will not slide up and down when you’re wearing it! At first, I thought the CB stood for Calvin Begay, but, when I researched it, it came up with Clarence Bailon, who is a wonderful Native American artist of the Santo Domingo Pueblo tribe, which are also known as Kewa Pueblo Native Americans. They are located in northern New Mexico about an hour’s drive north of Albuquerque. This bolo is really unique! The stone is absolutely fabulous. It is a really rich robins egg blue on one side of the stone and the other side it is a dark green mottled with some brown, and also a blue that looks like lapis lazuli. The clamp, clamper, or clasp, whatever it is actually called, really keeps the leather ties in place so the pendant doesn’t slip. I do not know if that particular piece is actually sterling, but everything else is!! I do not know just how old this Bolo is, but I would call it Vintage. Condition is very good! Please view all of my pictures as they serve as the better part of the description of this awesome piece!! White spots on the stone are camera glare. There is no white on the stone and the genuine leather tie is a really nice brown color. It looks a little gray in my pics! There may also be a little bit of a red reflection from the back of my red iPhone when I was taking the pictures of the Sterling back!