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)