For your consideration is a Puebloan Number 8 Turquoise Nugget Choker Necklace, circa 1930s-1960s. The piece boasts eighteen Number 8 turquoise nuggets spaced with beautiful seed and silver beads. First mined in 1929, the Number 8 mine in Carlin, Nevada was very active from the 1930’s through the early 1950’s. Featuring brown and red spider webbing matrix, this choker necklace is stunning in it's appearance and reflects the beauty of Puebloan jewelry. Turquoise has been used by southwest American Indian tribes since 200 B.C. The turquoise stone was used in religion, ceremonies, art, trade, treaty negotiations as well as jewelry. Today, turquoise jewelry is being made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi and Santo Domingo Indians. In North American Indian myths, turquoise is most commonly mentioned by the Navajo, the Apache, the Hopi, and the Pueblo. This stone is considered by these peoples one of the most important for body and soul protection, a symbol of heavenly purity. The Navajo, for example, believe that when rain finally fell after a long drought, human tears seeped into the earth and formed turquoise. This Number 8 Turquoise choker necklace is in very nice condition, lobster claw clasp, unclasped measures 21"L.