Serial Number: Cane0051
Status: Display
Description:
This hand made semi precious stone is made of Turquoise Stone and measures approximately around 88 cm in length. It has a knob designed handle, the ferrule as well as the shaft are both made of Turquoise stone. This was purchased by RAF during his India Trip on 18 - 26 August 2017.
Turquoise is perhaps the oldest stone in man’s history, the talisman of kings, shamans, and warriors. It is a stone of protection, strong and opaque, yet soothing to the touch, healing to the eye, as if carved from an azure heaven and slipped to earth. Its unique shade of blue, often blue-green, lends it name, Turquoise, to all things of this tranquil hue. The delicate veining or mottled webbing in cream or brown is inherent to the stone and serves to enhance its character.
The name Turquoise is derived from the French, pierre turquoise, meaning Turkish stone, because the trade routes that brought Turquoise to Europe from the mines in central Asia went through Turkey, and Venetian merchants often purchased the stone in Turkish bazaars.
