Photo Gallery

Turquoise fragments and turquoise jewelry. - Turquoise pendant in the shape of a «thunderbird» with a hole for a thong, 0.96 inches long, 0.2 inches thick. Snaketown, Hohokam Culture, ASM
ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)

Turquoise fragments and turquoise jewelry. - Mosaic of a bird with spread wings, made of rectangular and square pieces of turquoise. The middle piece is reddish limestone, also in the shape of a bird, 1.78 inches long, 0.2 inches thick, found in a gravesite, Sinagua Culture, MNA
MNA = Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff (Arizona)

Turquoise fragments and turquoise jewelry. - Pendant made with 140 turquoise pieces and an argillite piece at the center, glued to the convex surface of a sea shell, 1.88 inches long, Sinagua Culture, ASM.
ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)

Turquoise fragments and turquoise jewelry. - Jewelry with turquoise mosaic on a sea shell, 2.18 inches. Sinagua Culture, MNA
MNA = Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff (Arizona)

Turquoise fragments and turquoise jewelry. - A pair of turquoise pendants or earrings, set at the center with a red shell, 1.24 inches long and 0.32 inches thick, Anasazi Culture, Kayenta area, ASM - Sea shell pendant, the convex surface of which is set with more than 340 turquoise pieces with a single red shell piece set in the center. Diameter: 3.64 inches. Mogollon Culture, ASM.
ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)

Bracelet made of yucca fiber and set with more than 100 turquoise pieces. Length: 4 inches. Ceremonial Cave, El Paso (Texas), Basketmaker phase of the Anasazi Culture, ASM.
ASM = Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson (Arizona)

Tumi of gold, ceremonial axe - Height 35,4cm - Weight 457,5 g - 22 carat - set with turquoise - Chimú culture - Museo Oro del Perú - Lima - 1977

The legends are only available in German, French or Spanish
Précieuse parure de momie d'un tombeau antique de Larache, au nord du Chili, datée d'environ 1.000 av. J.-C. par le Père Le Paige. Deux colliers, l'un en rondelles de turquoises, l'autre en petits tubes de lapis-lazuli, entourent une plaque pectorale en or, une grosse turquoise et quatre clochettes d'or, entre deux «plumes» d'or ajourées. (Museo de San Pedro de Atacama, Chili.)

The legends are only available in German, French or Spanish
Piquillacta: De curieuses figurines en turquoise ont été mises au jour dans ce grand centre pré-inca (Culture Huari 800-1200 ap. J.-C.) qu'occupèrent ensuite les empereurs du Cuzco. (Museo e Instituto de Arqueologia de la Universidad de Cuzco)

Gold and silver cast brooch of the Chimú Lambayeque culture - hammered and embossed work - with shells and earrings in turquoise - 12th century - Height 4.5 cm, weight 7 g - Museo Arqueológico Brünning - Lambayeque - 1976