Navajo Indian Bolo Tie Turquoise Sterling Silver Roger Jones

Silversmith and artist, Navajo, Roger Jones has handmade a stunning Bolo Tie. He has fashioned a wonderful sterling silver setting with breat design work around the outside and roping to highlight the main part of the bolo tie. The bolo tie measures approximately 2" long and 1-3/8" wide at the top (the widest) and 3/4" wide at the bottom (the narrowest).

Roger has incorporated 3 gorgeous pieces of turquoise and lots of fancy silver work as the main part of the tie. He has cut out and soldered on multiple spirals and sterling silver beading. What an effective and gorgeous and unusual bolo tie! Just neat! He has stamped the back of the tie "Sterling - R". This is a sturdy bolo tie--sure to receive MANY compliments. AND, the best news is that he has made a matching pendant for your significant other. Check out our store/website for the matching pendants. Really steal the scene!!

The bolo, or bola, tie is so common in the west today that many people are surprised to find that it is relatively new. In the late 1940s, a silversmith named Victor Cedarstaff went riding with friends in the Bradshaw Mountains outside Wickenburg, Arizona. When the wind blew his hat off, Cedarstaff removed the hatband, which had a silver buckle he did not want to lose, and put it around his neck. When his friends complimented him on the new apparel, Cedarstaff returned home, and wove a cord. He added silver balls to the ends and ran it through a turquoise buckle. Cedarstaff later patented the new neckwear, which was called the bolo because it resembled the lengths of rope used by Argentine gauchos to catch game or cattle. Now mass-produced, and bolos are usually made of cord, with a silver or turquoise buckle. They are common throughout the west and are often worn for business. In 1971 Arizona legislature named the bolo the official state neckwear.

Item # BT-65

List price $ 175.00