Chaco Culture National Historic Park

Such is the story of the earliest bolo (or bola) ties, which starts around 1947. These early pieces are silver isosceles, trapezoid or keystone-shaped, about one inch high. They are all unsigned, as was most Native American art in the 1940s. Some are stamped “sterling.” However, there is no documentation for any of them. Even with all of today’s Internet resources for research, we can find no advertising, no catalogs, no patents, nothing in print. The antecedent to the bolo tie, which is most frequently worn on a braided leather cord, … Read More

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