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Vintage Southwestern / Navajo-style silver and turquoise bolo slide with the early Bennett locking clasp.
Please read: the leather cord is broken. The silver slide, turquoise, and Bennett clasp are intact. This is easy to restring with a new braided leather bolo cord (widely available). Sold as a vintage slide / parts piece unless you replace the cord before listing.
The slide is a large hand-stamped silver plaque with a four-lobed leaf / feather silhouette. A natural turquoise cabochon sits in the center in a raised bezel — irregular, slightly square nugget-style cut with visible matrix. Surrounding work includes stamped leaves, a sunburst collar around the stone, zigzag / stepped designs, scalloped cloud borders, and ribbed leaf/feather panels on the four outer lobes.
Clasp (dates the piece):
Back is fitted with the original spring-lock Bennett mechanism, stamped:
BENNETT
PAT. PEND.
C-31
That C-31 mark is the first widely used Bennett bolo clasp, generally mid-1950s to mid-1960s.
