Navajo Sterling Silver Lightning Arrow Bracelet - Allison Lee (#188)
$880.00
Artist: Allison Lee
Total inner circumference including opening: 7"
Opening: 1 1/4"
To reinforce the ideal that the Bearer of the Sun has an arsenal of incredibly powerful weapons, Allison Snowhawk Lee has crafted a bracelet depicting a most dramatic lightning arrow. Only the most powerful deities harness the greatest forces of the natural world. Only Allison has this unique way of presenting the myth and legend of his people through metal art.
About the artist:
Allison Lee - Navajo Silversmith:
Speaking of the silver and gold jewelry he hand crafts, Allison Lee's captivating voice is sincere when he says, "One time my uncle told me that everything we build comes from the earth, like the silver that comes from the earth, or the turquoise that comes from the earth. That is a lot of energy. You put it together and you put your heart and mind into a piece. Then sometimes a certain piece of jewelry- I believe- it is made for a certain person. I usually have a ring, or something, that stays with me for about two or three years, until the right person comes along. And then that person buys that piece. I believe that every piece of jewelry that I make is made for somebody out there- it's made for somebody special. Whoever might be having problems, or something like that. In essence, that energy helps that person get help, by wearing pieces that we make. That is the way I look at it.
Related legends:
Arrows
To the Navajo, flint is a sacred stone. Arrowheads are said to resemble the tips of the fiery bolt thrown by Thunder. Arrows equal lightning and some of the old warrior tales tell of mortals who wear flint armor and look like Gila Monster. In other legends, when Elder Brother sings flint songs, his voice jingles with the sound of blue flint, thunder flint, water flint, talking flint?